Database / France / 2024

Strategy for Decarbonising Industry (CCUS Roadmap 2024)

Strategic Active Verified

The July 2024 DGEC stocktake operationalises the French CCUS strategy: Phase 1 (2024-2030) builds at least two hubs capturing 4-8 Mt/yr by 2030 (1.5-4 Mt per cluster) across Dunkerque, Fos-sur-Mer, the Rhone axis, Le Havre and Saint-Nazaire, with a first hub possibly functional in 2028 and a deep-decarbonisation support scheme tendered from the June 2024 consultation. Near-term storage is explicitly external: a strategic green-industries partnership with Norway (January 2024, 1.5 Mt/yr via Northern Lights), a Franco-Danish letter of intent plus maritime CO2 export bilateral (March 2024), London Protocol amendment ratification before parliament in 2024 and a full France-Norway CO2 export agreement signed July 2025 (after June 2025 Assembly ratification), alongside the North Sea Basin Task Force and a France-Italy-Greece Mediterranean plan. Sovereign storage follows via BRGM subsurface assessment, an April 2024 call for interest and project funding for exploration. NaTran maps a 16.7 Mt/yr transport corridor; ADEME pricing (EUR 100-150/t against EUR 20-30 cheapest industrial options) frames the cost debate; the EU NZIA 50 Mt 2030 obligation and carbon-market revenues complete the picture.

National Governance Context

France Overview

Aggregate National Maturity Index (Peak Strength)

Governed Policies

2

Identified Projects

30

Operational Cap 0.0 Mtpa

Under Construction Cap 0.1 Mtpa

Planned Cap 30.7 Mtpa

Related Policy Network

Peer Frameworks

France CCUS Deployment Outlook (2024)

Directly Linked Assets

3D DMX ArcelorMittal and IFPEN Dunkirk (full-scale)

Capture — 0.7 Mtpa

Hynovera

CCU — 0.123 Mtpa

eCapt-Rhone LeTeil

CCU — 0.2 Mtpa

Grand Ouest CO2 (GOCO₂) transport

Transport — 2.6 Mtpa

Neau Lime plant

Capture — 1.6 Mtpa

Saint-Pierre-la-Cour cement plant

Capture — 1 Mtpa

Natran Group CO2 backbone

Transport — 5 Mtpa

Grandpuits DAC hub

Full chain — 0.1 Mtpa

CarboClearTech (Martres-Tolosane cement plant)

Capture — 0.7 Mtpa

D'Artagnan Dunkirk CO2 Hub Phase 1

Transport — 1.5 Mtpa

D'Artagnan Dunkirk CO2 Hub Phase 2

Transport — 1.4 Mtpa

D'Artagnan Dunkirk CO2 Hub Phase 3

Transport — 5.6 Mtpa

BEA Alizay

CCU — 0.35 Mtpa

Papetier Sylvamo Saillat sur Vienne

CCU — 0.6 Mtpa

ReSTart Usine RYAM Tartas

CCU — 0.33 Mtpa

AirvaultGoCO2 cement plant

Capture — 1 Mtpa

Oak CCS (RepAir Carbon- C-Questra) Phase 1

Capture — 0.03 Mtpa

Oak CCS (RepAir Carbon- C-Questra) Phase 2

Capture — 0.07 Mtpa

VAIA project Montalieu-Vercieu site

Full chain — 1.2 Mtpa

K6 Program- Lumbres cement plant

Capture — 0.81 Mtpa

CalCC Lhoist Air Liquide Lime plant Réty

Capture — 0.7 Mtpa

PYCASSO hub phase 1 - eastern and western pipeline

T&S — 1 Mtpa

Gonfreville Raffinerie

Capture — 0.5 Mtpa

VAIA HyNoVi project (Vicat Montalieu plant)

CCU — 0.5 Mtpa

Arcelor Mittal Air Liquide Low-carbon steel

Capture — 1 Mtpa

Grandpuits biorefinery

CCU — 0.11 Mtpa

ECO2Normandy phase 1

Transport — 3 Mtpa

3D DMX ArcelorMittal and IFPEN Dunkirk 'REUZE'

CCU — 0.3 Mtpa

Aluminium Dunkerque feasibility study

Capture — 0.24 Mtpa

Waste-to-energy Aker Carbon Capture (unknown facility)

Capture — 0.2 Mtpa

Policy Classification

FSRTM 5.0

I

Economic

85

The deep-decarbonisation support scheme tendered from the June 2024 consultation funds two-to-four port hubs, with EU Innovation Fund and carbon-market revenues as co-financing beside national support.

R

Statutory

80

London Protocol amendment ratification (Assembly June 2025) plus the July 2025 France-Norway export agreement and the Franco-Danish maritime bilateral give cross-border storage full treaty cover; Green Industry Act streamlines subsurface permitting.

M

Market

75

NaTran 16.7 Mt/yr transport corridor with regulated per-tonne tariffs and shared liquefaction/pipeline/shipping specs turns capture into contracted midstream demand across refining, petrochemicals and steel.

S

Strategic

95

Phase 1 hubs target 4-8 Mt/yr by 2030 (first possibly 2028) inside the EU 50 Mt 2030 storage obligation, with ADEME bounding the strategy to hard-to-abate volumes after efficiency and renewables.

T

Technical

85

External storage under EU CCS Directive monitoring duties via Northern Lights, Aramis, Callisto and Prinos routes, with BRGM subsurface assessment building the domestic MRV knowledge base.

Strategic Impact Analysis

Economic Impact

Hub concentration (Dunkerque, Fos, Rhone, Le Havre) plus shared NaTran transport and EU Innovation Fund/NZIA routes pool CAPEX, while ADEME EUR 100-150/t costing against EUR 20-30 alternatives keeps only hard-to-abate volumes in the frame.

Technical Impact

Standardised post-combustion capture on hydrogen units, furnaces and steam plants with shared liquefaction, pipeline and shipping specs, and a BRGM-led subsurface programme to convert theoretical national storage into drilled prospects.

Environmental Impact

External storage via ratified London Protocol routes avoids premature domestic lock-in; ADEME positions capture as the last decarbonisation step after efficiency and renewables, bounding the strategy environmentally.

Technical Metadata

Lead Institution MTE

Release Date 2024-07-01

Policy Tags

CCUS strategy industrial hubs Norway partnership London Protocol deep decarbonisation sovereign storage

Legal Weight Strategic Guidance

Original Document

Last Intelligence Audit 2026-09-09