France has kicked off a project to import LNG to the Mediterranean island of Corsica as it moves to switch two power plants over to burn gas.

The Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition in Paris has floated an enquiry to select an operator to build and run a natural gas supply infrastructure for exist­ing power plants at Ajaccio, on the west of the French island, and in Lucciana, near Bastia, in the far north-east.