About The Mission

Scottish Development International (SDI) in partnership with NECCUS and Euraénergie, are organising a scoping mission to Paris and Dunkirk for Scottish CCUS, Hydrogen and renewable companies interested in better understanding industrial decarbonation opportunities in France.

SDI will deliver a bespoke programme of networking and business meetings for the Scottish delegation. These activities aim at identifying and facilitating potential collaboration and business opportunities within the key project developers and main contractors. During the mission Scottish companies will also engage with the French local supply chain and trade bodies to identify synergies and collaboration opportunities.

Companies joining the delegation will also benefit from individual support provided by SDI’s trade specialist team aiming at identifying business opportunities in their product/service areas as well as facilitating connection with potential buyers and partners.

Delegate companies will have access to a dedicated lounge area at the European Transition Energy Conference, where companies will be able to arrange business meetings with key French and European players and participate in meet the buyer sessions and local stakeholder engagement.

The trade mission will start on Monday 9th September in Paris until Thursday 12th September, and will mostly take place in Dunkirk at the European Energy Transition Conference.

Programme

26th August

• Pre-mission briefing

9th September

• Scottish delegation arriving in Paris
• Welcome Lunch at the British Embassy
• Workshops and networking at Technip Energies’ HQ in collaboration with Evolen, French energy trade body. Presentation of the French decarbonisation roadmap, workshops on CCUS and Hydrogen chaired by Club CO2 and France Hydrogène, networking with members of the trade energy association Evolen.
• Networking cocktail reception organised by Addleshaw Goddard.

10 – 11th September

• Departure to Dunkirk Tuesday 10th morning
• Opening of the European Energy Transition Conference, Dunkirk
• Guided visit of the exhibition area
• Meet the buyer sessions and industry workshops
• Industrial site visit(s)
• Networking with local ecosystem
• Scotland Dunkirk official whisky reception
• Official dinner

12th September

• Departure for Paris beginning of the afternoon Thursday 12th September
• End of mission late afternoon

Why France and Dunkirk?

France has ambitious decarbonisation targets through its national low-carbon strategy (SNBC), which was first adopted in 2015 and then revised in 2019. The SNBC is France’s roadmap for driving climate change mitigation policy which sets out emission reduction targets for the next fifteen years. France’s objective is to be carbon neutral by 2050.

The electrification of large emitter sites using renewable power as well as hydrogen and CCUS technologies are key for France to achieve emission targets. France published its CCUS strategy in June 2023, focusing on the capture, storage and use of CO2, with the aim to decarbonize the industrial sector. The government hopes for rapid deployment of the CCUS between 2025 and 2034. Priority will be given to the large industrial clusters of Dunkirk, Le Havre, Saint-Nazaire and Fos-sur-Mer.

90% of France’s 110 largest industrial emitters are in 7 major industrial clusters, 4 of which have a coastline (Fos-sur-Mer, Dunkirk, Le Havre, Saint-Nazaire), making it possible to export CO2 to offshore storage sites in the North Sea.

Captured CO2 volumes could reach 4 to 8.5 Mt/year by 2030, and 15 to 20 Mt/year by 2050. The Dunkirk industrial port basin is responsible for 20% of industrial CO2 emissions in France. Dunkirk aims at a 30% CO2 reduction by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050.

With government funding of €13.6 million, Dunkirk industrial area has been selected as the winner of the first call for “Low Carbon Industrial Zones” (ZIBaC) projects launched in January 2023.

The project is named DKarbonisation and it focus on engineering and feasibility studies for decarbonising the Dunkerque industrial-port area, including:

• Heat highways
• CO2 infrastructure
• Zone electrification
• Low-carbon hydrogen production

DKarbonisation is supported by a range of stakeholders: Communauté Urbaine de Dunkerque (CUD), Port of Dunkirk, Chamber of commerce, Region Hauts-de-France and the French government. It is led by Euraénergie and brings together industrialists and energy companies such as ArcelorMittal, Engie, Air liquide and H2V.

The infrastructures supported by ZIBaC are divided into six pillars: electricity, water, hydrogen, CO2, biomethane and heat.

• Electrification: The industrial basin needs to produce more electricity to decarbonize. These needs are estimated at 3500 MW by 2030 and 4500 MW by 2040 (according to RTE).
• Water: need for greater water requirements. A project is currently underway, involving several studies to optimize industrial water management, analyse requirements for hydrogen production, valorise non-conventional water and examine the feasibility of creating a seawater network.
• Low-carbon hydrogen: the French developer H2V is carrying out a project to produce renewable hydrogen. The aim is to produce 28,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year by 2026. Other production projects are also under study. Eleven companies expressed interest in a hydrogen transport infrastructure in the industrial port zone. Of these, five are interested in hydrogen production and six in consumption, whether for existing or new industrial activities.
• Hub CO2: The Dunkirk CO2 Hub is an infrastructure project covering part of the post-capture CO2 value chain, i.e. transport, liquefaction, intermediate storage, loading onto ships and reuse (CCU). The perimeter of this HUB would extend to the industrial and port area of Dunkirk and its hinterland. It would include the CO2 Terminal and the carbon dioxide transport pipelines.
• Biomethane: Several methanization units already exist in the area.
• Fatal heat: Port of Dunkirk is working with Euraénergie on a heat highway project. This twenty-kilometer pipeline would become the largest network of its kind in France. By 2023-2027, it would transport the waste heat generated by industrial firms such as Befesa, Comilog and Ferroglobe for redistribution to others such as Verkor.

Eligibility Criteria

Applications are welcome from supply chain companies based in Scotland and Scottish companies with a presence in France who are:

1. Already actively engaged in or aspiring to make a contribution towards the Energy Transition agenda through the deployment of their products/services
2. Able to articulate through a presentation and exhibition presence how their products/services could contribute to the Energy Transition or Industrial Decarbonisation agenda in France

Costs

Companies will be responsible for their travel costs including transports and accommodation. The programme of activity and support delivered by SDI is free of charge.

How to apply

The application form is available in Microsoft Word format, and should be returned by email to mark.ainslie@scotent.co.uk or joseph.mulligan@scotent.co.uk To be considered for participation you must submit your completed application by 9 August 2024.

If you would like to speak to a trade specialist before submitting an application, please contact Murray Bainbridge on 0141 468 5937 or email.