This photo taken on February 3, 2016 shows a technician holding wooden pellets that will be burned at France's largest biomass-fired power plant in Gardanne, near Aix-en-Provence, southern France.
France's largest biomass-fired power plant is almost complete with final tests underway, and expected to start functioning in the second half of 2016, but environmentalists and neighboring communities are contesting the project and fear consequences on biodiversity. / AFP / BORIS HORVAT        (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images)