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Alors que la centrale thermique du Havre vient de fermer, « King Coal » n’a pas dit son dernier mot. En effet, les solutions alternatives au minerai, essentiel à la fabrication de l’acier et du ciment, sont soit inexistantes soit trop onéreuses, note Philippe Escande, éditorialiste économique au « Monde ».

Le Havre is known as an up-and-coming tourist hotspot in France which is on a voyage towards increased citizen participation and digitisation of public administration. Within the framework of the Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC), Caroline Maurand (local city ICC manager) explained how they are navigating the challenging waves of economic recovery while overcoming at the same time the difficulties of the pandemic.
Le Havre’s main ICC goal is to develop a roadmap for a digital transformation of the city, based on the needs and demands of actual users. It hopes to shine the spotlight on the city’s inhabitants and how they can use advanced technologies to improve their daily lives. Local city ICC manager Caroline Maurand said that this is “intimately linked to our interest in spurring innovation within our community of businesses, which we believe if given the right tools and conditions to work in, can be the source of new solutions responding to the needs of our citizens and driving the transformation of the territory as a whole.”