Signature of ESA-EDF partnership agreement

Signature ceremony for a partnership agreement to continue and expand energy efficiency at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The European Space Agency (ESA) and French energy provider EDF (Électricité de France) signed a partnership agreement to continue and expand energy efficiency at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, on 10 February 2026.

Back row, from left: EDF Business Manager Christophe Bocage, EDF-SEI Deputy Head of Energy Efficiency Vanessa Ho-Kon-Tiat, EDF Energy Efficiency Officer Joseph Ojalvo, Europe's Spaceport infrastructure project engineer Sophie Griffart and Europe's Spaceport infrastructure project engineer Julia Talamoni.

Front row, from left: EDF-SEI Head of Transition and Energy Efficiency Roland Fayn, Europe's Spaceport infrastructure programme manager Teddy Peponnet.

Continuing the cooperation initiated in 2019 under the French Guiana Territorial Compensation Framework, this partnership aims to identify new opportunities to improve the energy performance of ESA infrastructure and support their implementation, while ensuring compliance with the French regulatory framework supporting the energy transition.