Our group

Key numbers

56
employees

39,2 M€
turnover
(FY 2023)

2 sites
for gas production

6 sites
for low carbon electricity production *

11,8 billion
of m3 of certified gas (2P) in Lorraine, Hauts-de-France and Belgium

1 plant
The largest thermal solar power plant connected to a heat network in France

1 plant
1 photovoltaic plant under construction (15 MWc)

3 500 000
tons of CO2eq avoided per year
(included 602000 tons certified in France by Ineris and 808000 tons certified in Belgium by Mons University, 375000 inhabitant equivalents with an average of 8.2 CO2 tons /inhabitants/year)

* These facilities and other development projects are co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund.
European aid from the ERDF-ESF program (European Regional Development Fund – European Social Fund) was awarded to Gazonor for €2.8 million on October 24, 2019, and accompanies the installation of 20 new cogeneration units on concessions currently held by the Group in the Hauts-de-France region, in order to enhance recovered mine gas in short circuits and thus eliminate all firedamp emissions in the area’s former mining basin.

Management and corporate governance

The Board of Directors defines the direction and the strategy of our group and its activities. The board oversees the efficient and transparent implementation of the strategy to foster the confidence of our shareholders in the management and guidance of the company.

Julien MOULIN
Executive chairman

Antoine FORCINAL
Executive member

Christophe CHARLIER
Independent member

Alain LIGIER
Independent member

EXECUTIVE COMMITEE

Julien MOULIN
Executive chairman

Antoine FORCINAL
Chief Executive Officer

Aurélie TAN
Chief Financial Officer

OUR HISTORY

2006

FDE began its exploration activities in Lorraine to capture and produce coal gas / Drilling of the Diebling and Folschviller wells

2013

Drilling of Tritteling well (Lorraine)

2015

First certification of the group’s gas reserves by Beicip Franlab (IFP Energies Nouvelles)

2016

FDE’s initial public offering / Acquisition of Gazonor, specialized in capturing and producing AMM in Hauts-de-France / Drilling of Lachambre well

2017

Installations of 9MW of cogeneration units (CHP), start of green electricity production in Hauts-de-France

2018

Reserves certification in Lorraine by MHA (Sproule) and Bleue Lorraine concession application to enable coal bed methane production

2019

First CO2eq tons avoided
First international development in Anderlues (Belgium) with 3 MW of cogeneration units

2020

Setting up of the biggest French solar thermal power plant attached to heat network in Creutzwald (Lorraine)

2021

First gas and heat delivery to Bethune (Hauts-de-France) due to 2.7 MW cogeneration units

2022

Setting up of five additional cogeneration units (7.5 MW capacity) in France and Belgium

Acquisition of Cryo Pur, a leading player in the production of bio-GNL and bio-CO2

2023

Discovery of natural hydrogen in the Lorraine mining basin

Bleu Lorraine concession granted

2024

Acquisition of Greenstat, a renewable energy developer based in Norway