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FDE (Française De l’Énergie) is an energy production Group, specialized in the implementation of energy recovery and production sites with a low carbon footprint. FDE supplies regional players with locally sourced gas, electricity and heat, thus benefiting local stakeholder in the areas where operate mainly in France and Europe.
Carbon footprint reduction
FDE’s objective is to supply an economical and ecologically competitive energy to the local residents, communities and industrials where we operate : Grand-Est, Hauts-de-France, Wallonia. Today, our group is the only French energy producer with a negative carbon footprint, due to the locally sourced solutions that we develop.
IMPACT OF FDE’S ACTIVITY
* Report from the University of Mons of 02/10/2022
** Belgian average: 8.18 tonnes of Co2 / inhabitant / year, Source World Bank (year 2018)
In France, using the updated IPCC assessment report (AR6) for 20 years on the actual sites*, the group’s abandoned mine methane capture and production activity avoids more than 3.5 million tons of CO2eq per year**, confirming the leading role of FDE in the European ecological transition.
* Source FDE, based on INERIS 2019 certification updated using a GWP of 82.5 and including Bethune’s site
** Uncertified number at this stage
In the Lorraine region, where the group is planning to capture the coal bed methane without the use of hydraulic fracturing or any equivalent technique, the use of this local resource would reduce the carbon footprint by a factor of 10 compared to the gas imported from Russia, the North Sea or the United-States while contributing to the energy independence of our country*.
* Institut für Energie und Umweltforschung of Heidelberg (Bade-Württemberg, Germany), 2016
FDE’s activities lie within the scope of the United Nations sustainable development goals.
AFFORDABLE
AND CLEAN ENERGY
HEAT SUPPLY TO BETHUNE
an average of 400€/ year reduction for each household energy bill
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
8 INTERNATIONAL PATENTS FAMILY
Innovative system to transform biogas into LBG and Bio-CO2.
CLIMATE
ACTION
MORE THAN 3.5 MILLION TONS OF CO2EQ AVOIDED EACH YEAR
( of which 1.4 million tons certified)
* Sources: Ineris 2019 certification, updated with a global warming potential (GWP) of 82.5 (AR6 – IPCC) and the integration of the Béthune site (FDE extrapolation) / 2022 study by the Polytechnic University of Mons (Umons)
ESG Performance
Rating improvement for the 6th consecutive year, leading the sector of energy companies.
ENVIRONMENT
Environmental policies,
Energy and Greenhouse gas
GOVERNANCE
CSR policies, Financial Ethics
SOCIAL
HSE,
Personal Development
PARTNERSHIPS
Supplier relations,
Clients and Communities relations
Proximity development
Local usage of energy resources, benefiting the residents and territorial stakeholders, giving life back to industrial wasteland and brownfield sites: local development is an integral part of the DNA of our group.
Environmental
Reduction of CO2 emissions
Carbon footprint reduction
Social
Revitalisation of mining basins
Short supply chains: creation of indirect jobs and subcontracting
Increase of « power purchase »
Economic
Lower energy price for the final consumer
Lesser energy dependence (energy security)
Environnemental
Reduction of CO2 emissions
Carbon footprint reduction
Economic
lower energy price for the final consumer
lesser energy dependence (energy security)
Social
lower energy price for the final consumer
lesser energy dependence (energy security)
Synergies creation
Companies, territorial communities, associations, institutions, representatives, academic researchers: FDE’s projects and accomplishments enabled these parties to connect, network and create true synergies with the local stakeholders.