REGALOR 2 Project
Explanations about the REGALOR 2 project
Continuing the REGALOR project (2018-2023), which contributed to the discovery of natural hydrogen in Lorraine, FDE is launching a new research program called REGALOR 2 (2025-2028). Scheduled to run for three years, it will focus exclusively on aspects relating to:
♦ the genesis of natural hydrogen (formation mechanism, migration, etc.),
♦ the characterization of the resource
♦ and the methods for its exploitation.
The REGALOR 2 project is part of the trajectory identified as a national priority by the President of the Republic in December 2023. It also complies with the implementation of a national and European energy independence policy by promoting intra-community and cross-border production of carbon-free energy.
The REGALOR II consortium, led by FDE, will be scientifically supervised by the GeoRessources laboratory at the Université de Lorraine and will include SOLEXPERTS France and BRGM/DAT Grand-Est as partners.
- Project start Date: 2025
- Project completion Date: 2028
- Project duration: 3 years excluding the period ofboot
- Budget: 13 331 398 € (Project Financed by the European Funds For the Just Transition (FTJ) and the Region Grand Est) – Grant total : 8 702 959 € ; Grant Université de Lorraine (GeoRessources + Consortium SHS) : 1 518 800 €.
- Project manager : La Française de l’Énergie
- Research team: GRéSTOCK
- Project website under construction
- GeoRessources’s contact : Philippe DE DONATO ; Raymond MICHELS and Jacques PIRONON.
Project’s partners
Several partners are collaborating on this project with GeoRessources :
