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Site description

Site of the Grand Port Maritime of Nantes Saint-Nazaire, adjacent to a coal park.

Location

Targeted activities for this site

The site is designed to host any logistics or industrial activity linked to the port ecosystem and green industry projects.

Available infrastructures

• Natural gas network
• HTA electrical network
• LV electrical network
• Discussions underway with RTE and ENEDIS to reinforce the Port's supply capacity. As part of the work on the Loire Estuaire ZIBAC, network operators ENEDIS and RTE are studying the sizing of their networks to support decarbonization and green industry projects.

Accessibility and services

• Urban transport networks
• Passenger train station
• Intercity bus network
• Major roads
• Soft mobility

Current projects to improve site accessibility

Discussions underway with RTE (Electricity transmission system operator in France) and ENEDIS to strengthen the ZIP's supply capacity. Network operators ENEDIS and RTE are studying the sizing of their networks to support decarbonization and green industry projects.

Local economic context and training opportunities

• Decarbonization of industry (massive decarbonized energy hub, ZiBAC and GoCO2 projects)
• Aeronautics, shipbuilding & marine engineering, marine transport, MRE sector (+ 100 companies, representing 1/3 of French jobs in the sector)
• Energy production (2 offshore wind farms, hydrogen, SAF, biogas, etc.), blue economy, vehicles and mobility, logistics

POTENTIAL PARTNERS: Chantiers de l'Atlantique, AIRBUS, CWS, GE, CMA-CGM, shipowners, logistics companies (Kuehne Nagel, IDEA, SOGEBRAS, BOLLORE LOGISTIQUE, TGO, DB SCHENKER etc.), HOWMET AEROSPACE, LHYFE, FARWIND ENERGY, EUROPE TECHNOLOGIES, etc.

• 28,500 jobs in the industrial port zone
• Main training courses in the Nantes-St Nazaire area: University, ECN, Jules Verne Manufacturing Academy, Weamec offers a wide range of training courses required for jobs in the MRE sector.
• Campus for aeronautical trades and qualifications (ICAM, POLYTECH, IMT ATLANTIQUE, AUDENCIA
  PASCA Supply Chain: LEMNA, LS2N...)
• Competitive clusters: EMC2 (advanced production technologies), S2E2 (smart electricity), Id4Mobility (new mobility), Pôle Mer Bretagne Alantique, POLYMERIS (plastics and composites)
• IRT JULES VERNE technological research institute, Jules Verne Manufacturing Academy
• French Institute for Maritime Decarbonation MEET 2050, to be based in Nantes
• TECHNOCAMPUS Composites, Technocampus Océan, Fondation OPEN-C,
• CETIM (Hydrogen - HYMEET), CEA TECH, WEAMEC, Université de Nantes, Université Gustave Eiffel, CSTB,
• Ecole Centrale Nantes
• Test facilities (wave tank, Jules Verne climatic wind tunnel) and SEM-REV sea trials site unique in France

Contacts

Guénolé BARA

Directeur investissements étrangers et partenariats

Bretagne Commerce International

g.bara@bretagnecommerceinternational.com

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