To secure access to storage and stakeholders is necessary to address social sites in the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, concerns linked to the technology, as well as the country highlights in its CCUS strategy the promote a good understanding of CO2 storage and intention to ratify the 2009 amendment to Article 6 its environmental and social benefits. [...] Thanks to the emergence in the country of a number This high-level assessment has been produced following of CO2 hubs entailing the cross-border transport of CO2 a meeting of French and European stakeholders to northern and southern Europe, as well as France’s organised by the Global CCS Institute and GE Vernova geographical location in the heart of the region, the in Paris on 12 June 2024. [...] country has the potential to drive the deployment of CCUS at the national level and be part of the creation A decree dissolving the French National Assembly on of a trans-European carbon dioxide (CO2) transport 9 June 2024 and the results of legislative elections network. [...] The manufacturing industry represented In the energy sector, due to the high penetration of the third main source of the total GHG emissions in nuclear energy and renewables, emissions amounted the country, following the transport sector (32%) and to 11% of France’s total, mainly attributed to remaining agricultural sector (19%). [...] Available at: innovation-and-sustainable-growth 46 The letter of intent and Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities of Denmark and the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty of the French Republic can be accessed at: .
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS 2
- Acknowledgements 2
- 1.0 KEY TAKEAWAYS 3
- 2.0 INTRODUCTION 5
- 3.0 ROLE ENVISIONED FOR CCUS IN FRANCE 6
- 4.0 CCUS POLICY REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS IN FRANCE 8
- 4.1 National Strategy 9
- 4.1.1 Context 9
- 4.1.2 Targets and deployment roadmap 9
- 4.2 Transport Storage Regulatory Framework 10
- 4.2.1. CO transport framework 10
- 4.2.2 CO storage framework 11
- 4.3 Support mechanisms 12
- 5.1 Ongoing projects 13
- 5.1.1 Capture 13
- 5.0 CCUS INVESTMENTS AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN FRANCE 13
- 5.1.2 Transport 14
- 5.1.3 Storage 16
- 5.1.4 Utilisation 16
- 5.2 Challenges 19
- 5.2.1 Economic feasibility 19
- 5.2.2 Public perception 19
- 6.0 MULTILATERAL AND BILATERAL COLLABORATION INVOLVING FRANCE 20
- 6.1 Bilateral efforts 20
- 6.2 Multilateral efforts 20
