Key numbers
53
employees
€31.4 M
turnover
(FY 2024)
2 sites
for gas production
6 sites
for low carbon electricity production *
11,8 billion
of m3 of certified gas (2P) in Lorraine, Hauts-de-France and Belgium
2 plants
One of them is the largest thermal solar power plant connected to a heat network in France
2 plants
photovoltaic plants (60 MW gross)
3 500 000
tons of CO2eq avoided per year
(included 602 000 tons certified in France by Ineris and 808000 tons certified in Belgium by Mons University, 375 000 inhabitant equivalents with an average of 8.2 CO2 tons /inhabitants/year)
* These facilities and other development projects are co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund.
European aid from the ERDF-ESF program (European Regional Development Fund – European Social Fund) was awarded to Gazonor for €2.8 million on October 24, 2019, and accompanies the installation of 20 new cogeneration units on concessions currently held by the Group in the Hauts-de-France region, in order to enhance recovered mine gas in short circuits and thus eliminate all firedamp emissions in the area’s former mining basin.
Management and corporate governance
The Board of Directors defines the direction and the strategy of our group and its activities. The board oversees the efficient and transparent implementation of the strategy to foster the confidence of our shareholders in the management and guidance of the company.
Julien MOULIN
Executive chairman
Antoine FORCINAL
Executive member
Christophe CHARLIER
Independent member
Alain LIGIER
Independent member
EXECUTIVE COMMITEE
- Julien MOULIN
Executive chairman
- Antoine FORCINAL
Chief Executive Officer
- Aurélie TAN
Chief Financial Officer
OUR HISTORY
2006
FDE began its exploration activities in Lorraine to capture and produce coal gas / Drilling of the Diebling and Folschviller wells
2013
Drilling of Tritteling well (Lorraine)
2015
First certification of the group’s gas reserves by Beicip Franlab (IFP Energies Nouvelles)
2016
- FDE’s initial public offering / Acquisition of Gazonor, specialized in capturing and producing AMM in Hauts-de-France / Drilling of Lachambre well
2017
- Installations of 9MW of cogeneration units (CHP), start of green electricity production in Hauts-de-France
2018
Reserves certification in Lorraine by MHA (Sproule) and Bleue Lorraine concession application to enable coal bed methane production
2019
First CO2eq tons avoided
First international development in Anderlues (Belgium) with 3 MW of cogeneration units
2020
Setting up of the biggest French solar thermal power plant attached to heat network in Creutzwald (Lorraine)
2021
First gas and heat delivery to Bethune (Hauts-de-France) due to 2.7 MW cogeneration units
2022
Setting up of five additional cogeneration units (7.5 MW capacity) in France and Belgium
Acquisition of Cryo Pur, a leading player in the production of bio-GNL and bio-CO2
2023
Discovery of natural hydrogen in the Lorraine mining basin
Bleu Lorraine concession granted
2024
Acquisition of Greenstat, a renewable energy developer based in Norway
OUR HISTORY
2006
FDE began its exploration activities in Lorraine to capture and produce coal gas / Drilling of the Diebling and Folschviller wells
Drilling of Tritteling well (Lorraine)
2013
2015
First certification of the group’s gas reserves by Beicip Franlab (IFP Energies Nouvelles)
FDE’s initial public offering / Acquisition of Gazonor, specialized in capturing and producing AMM in Hauts-de-France / Drilling of Lachambre well
2016
2017
Installations of 9MW of cogeneration units (CHP), start of green electricity production in Hauts-de-France
Reserves certification in Lorraine by MHA (Sproule) and Bleue Lorraine concession application to enable coal bed methane production
2018
2019
First CO2eq tons avoided.
First international development in Anderlues (Belgium) with 3MW of cogeneration units
Setting up of the biggest French solar thermal power plant attached to heat network in Creutzwald (Lorraine)
2020
2021
First gas and heat delivery to Bethune (Hauts-de-France) due to 2.7 MW cogeneration units
Setting up of five additional cogeneration units (7.5 MW capacity) in France and Belgium
2022
2022
Acquisition of Cryo Pur, a leading player in the production of bio-GNL and bio-CO2
Discovery of natural hydrogen in the Lorraine mining basin
Bleu Lorraine concession granted
2023
2024
Acquisition of Greenstat, a renewable energy developer based in Norway