Française de l'Energie FDE

• Surface area of the "Bleue lorraine" concession: 191 km2 spread over 40 communes in eastern Moselle
• Concession application filed by Française de l'Energie (FDE): 2018
• Proven deposit: 2 billion cubic meters of coal seam gas
• deposit size: 6.7 billion cubic meters
• Duration of operating license granted to FDE: until 2040
• Takeover of Cryo Pur by FDE: 2022

• The mining concession for La Française de l'Energie covers an area of 191 km².
• Authorization to mine coal seam gas in this area has been granted until 2040.
• The coal seam gas is trapped between 1000 and 1500 meters underground.
• The decision in favor of La Française de l'Energie was taken by the Strasbourg Administrative Court on July 25, 2023.
• Founded in 2007, La Française de l'Energie had 34 employees and sales of 39.2 million euros in 2023.
• The company has certified 2.1 billion cubic meters of gas reserves in the concession area.
• This represents just under 5% of France's annual gas consumption.
• The French Ministry of Ecological Transition has appealed this decision.
• The appeal could take a year to process.
• In March 2023, the company also applied for an exclusive permit to explore for natural hydrogen reserves in the Lorraine coal basin.

The company exploits gas left over from old coal mines in eastern France and Belgium, as well as a solar thermal power plant in Creutzwald

• Sales: 21.3 million euros
• - Operating profit: 14.6 million euros
• - EBITDA margin: 74
• - Net income: fourfold
• - Over 70% of cogeneration portfolio in France and Belgium