https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rennes/ Rennes Métropole is building four Trambus lines for 2030 and has just opened a storm-water tank to protect the Vilaine, while the city prepares a rental permit against substandard housing in its old centre from April 2027 and a second central kitchen for organic school meals. en https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rennes/news/new-bus-depot-solar-roof/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rennes/news/new-bus-depot-solar-roof/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTRennes Métropole has inaugurated its new Baud-Chardonnet bus depot, relocated at a cost of over 40 million euros including tax, where 1,366 m² of rooftop solar panels produce 300 MWh a year, 80% of it used on site. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rennes/news/underground-storm-basin-cuts-river-discharges/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rennes/news/underground-storm-basin-cuts-river-discharges/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTRennes Métropole is completing a 5.3-million-euro underground buffer basin in Saint-Hélier that stores 1,750 cubic metres of storm water and is expected to cut discharges into the Vilaine by more than 90%. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rennes/news/plaisance-district-completed-360-homes/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rennes/news/plaisance-district-completed-360-homes/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTRennes has completed the 5-hectare Plaisance district beside the River Ille, with 360 homes including 82 social rental units run by Espacil Habitat, after a 15 million euro project fully funded by the city as its own developer. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rennes/news/second-central-kitchen-organic-school-meals/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rennes/news/second-central-kitchen-organic-school-meals/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTRennes will build a second central kitchen in the south of the city for 9,500 meals, a 26 million euro project fully funded by the city and due in the third quarter of 2029, ending disposable plastic containers in collective catering.