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Site description

Following the shutdown of the coal-fired power plant, the original 900 MW output of the 'Centrale Thermique de Provence' has been reduced to 150 MW biomass, and 30 hectares of industrial brownfield land are available around the Biomass Unit still in operation, starting with the former coal park and the former ash park, which can be easily developed.

We have therefore decided to transform the 'Centrale Thermique de Provence' into an Industrial Eco-Platform, with the aim of welcoming industrials in plug-and-play mode, connecting them to existing infrastructures and utilities. This will offer project developers green utilities.

Location

Targeted activities for this site

Industrial activities compatible with on-site utilities produced in very large quantities (water, gas, steam, ammonia, demineralized water, etc.) and biomass power generation.

Available infrastructures

• Natural gas network
• HTA electrical network
• HVB electricity network
• Heating network
• 225 KVA. A direct RTE (RTE - Electricity transmission system operator in France) connection is possible, as two source substations are enclosed within our site.

Accessibility and service

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

Current projects to improve site accessibility

Modification of bus stop locations and tracks repairs, particularly at the port of Fos.

Local economic context and training opportunities

A Territory pact bringing together public and private players was signed in December 2021. Energy development objectives, in particular renewable energies. Project also integrated into the SYRIUS project, winner of the ZIBAC call for tenders for the entire FOS/GARDANNE basin. Possible connections with the Vallée des Energies sites and ITER in particular.

The project is designed to create new industrial jobs in the Gardanne/Meyreuil area, following the downsizing of Alteo (200 direct and indirect jobs) and the phasing out of coal at the Centrale Thermique de Provence (600 direct and indirect jobs lost). The project aims to create 1,300 jobs, at least half of them direct.  

• The Georges Charpak Campus (École des Mines de Saint-Étienne), with engineering training and an R&D and experimentation platform.
• At the heart of the Aix Marseille Provence University territory
• The Camp training center
• Close to the Vallée de L'Energie (ITER project and CEA), with numerous innovative SMEs in the energy sector

Contacts

Anne-Charlotte DEBARBIEUX

International Division Manager

Rising Sud

acdebarbieux@risingsud.fr

06 48 85 45 23

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