Projet Régalor 2 - Site de Pontpierre pour le forage à 4 000 mètres de profondeur. / Régalor 2 Project - Pontpierre site for drilling to a depth of 4,000 meters.

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.
Favicon du site de GeoRessources, Laboratoire de recherche en géosciences

Project’s partners

Several partners are collaborating on this project with GeoRessources :

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