GOCO2, Grand-Ouest CO2
GOCO2, a large-scale project to capture and transport CO2 from industrial sources, supported by the Pays de la Loire Region and the Grand Port Maritime de Nantes Saint-Nazaire (GPMNSN).
Successful Call for Expression of Interest
Building on this success, Elengy has launched feasibility studies.
Ten other companies have indicated a potential interest in CO2 projects beyond 2035. These results confirm industry's need for a CO2 transport, liquefaction and export infrastructure in the Greater West of France. They will also support the emergence of CO2 recovery projects, in particular for the production of synthetic fuels.
Feasibility studies have been launched. They will establish the dimensions of the transport infrastructure and the terminal, as well as an assessment of their cost and of the regulatory and environmental issues involved in integrating them into the areas concerned.
Detailed engineering studies can then be launched from 2025 onwards. A grant application has been submitted for these studies under the European CEF (Connecting Europe Facilities) programme.
As part of the French government's carbon capture, utilisation and sequestration (CCUS) strategy (France 2030)* and ADEME's Loire Estuaire Décarbonation (ex-ZIBAC) initiative, GOCO2 represents a concrete and ambitious commitment to accelerate the decarbonisation of industrial sites in Western France.
*This project was funded by the French State as part of France 2030 operated by ADEME
The objective of GOCO2 project is to develop an investment programme to capture CO2 on industrial sites and transport it by pipeline to the Montoir-de-Bretagne terminal for permanent geological storage. The estimated capacity is of 2.3 million tonnes per year by 2030. Convinced of the benefits of a collective approach, the partners in the GOCO2 project have jointly undertaken the studies required for this decarbonisation project, which is scheduled for completion by 2030.
GOCO2 represents a concrete and ambitious commitment to accelerate the decarbonisation of industrial sites in Western France, in addition to actions to avoid and reduce CO2 emissions.
A CO2 capture, transport and export project (for permanent geological storage) without equivalent in Western France.
A first step in decarbonising Western France by decarbonising industries, led by 6 regional players.
Infrastructures open to CO2 emitters in the 4 regions of the Grand-Ouest (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Pays-de-la-Loire, Bretagne, Centre Val-de-Loire) ...
... covering a geographical area of 7.7 million people ...
… and about 450 000 industrial jobs.
A local project
Fully integrated into the local ecosystem, GOCO2 benefits from existing infrastructures located in the Grand Port Maritime Nantes Saint-Nazaire (GPMNSN).
Eventually, it will be able to transport CO2 from other industrial plants in the Grand-Ouest region, or biogenic CO2 from biomethane purification in particular. It will also help to attract new industrial sites to the region by providing access to a decarbonisation infrastructure.
Reduction in industrial emissions from 2.3 to 4.0 MtCO2/year.
Capture of a majority of unavoidable emissions that cannot be reduced by other measures.
Decarbonising key industrial activities in the region.
Infrastructure that will eventually enable the development of a Carbon Capture and Usage (CCU) activity.
Start up in 2030
Q4
PCI application (EU) with Aramis (NL)
Summer
Start of first studies
Start of feasibility studies
Start of engineering studies
Start of execution works
Launch of GOCO2
CO2 emitters committed to supporting the decarbonisation of their activities
