Rail transport has many environmental advantages. However, there is still room for improvement, particularly in terms of the energy performance of industrial facilities, for at least three reasons:

1. The age of the railway industrial sites, most of which were built at the beginning of the 20^th century (e.g.: creation of the Aytré site in 1920);
2. Very large sites linked to the size of the products (e.g.: ~31,000 m2 of buildings for the Tarbes production site);
3. Duration of the return on energy performance investments (~10 years) much higher than the industrial load visibility

Alstom France is taking actions to reduce its energy consumption in order to limit the carbon impact of the manufacturing process and to have a better allocation and management of resources.

These actions are implemented throughout the country, for instance:

• Alstom site in La Rochelle: Alstom is one of the founding partners of the carbon cooperative in La Rochelle, which is part of the “La Rochelle, Zero-Carbon Territory) in 2040”, launched in 2018 and bringing together initiatives aimed at drastically reducing the agglomeration’s CO₂ emissions. Alstom is participating in the achievement of this objective by reducing its site’s carbon emissions and by participating in projects to design MaaS (Mobility as a Service) transportation projects;
• Deployment of LED lighting on all French sites (2018/2020);
• Installation of solar panels for the production of renewable electricity at the Tarbes site (2010)

Between 2014 and 2020, Alstom’s goal was to reduce its energy intensity by 10%. The objective was reached in 2020 with an energy intensity decreased by 17.6% compared to 2014.

In order to reduce CO₂ emissions linked to the energy consumption of its industrial sites, Alstom aims to obtain 100% of its electricity supply from renewable energies (self-consumption with photovoltaic panels + certificates) on its French industrial sites.