The Dalkia-Eiffage-RATP Solutions Ville consortium chosen to operate Paris' district heating network

The consortium made up of Dalkia, Eiffage and RATP Solutions Ville has been chosen to operate the Paris district heating network for a 25-year period, at a total cost of €15 billion, announced the City of Paris on 25/11/2025. The proposal will be submitted to the Paris City Council between 16/12/2025 and 19/12/2025.

The capital's district heating network had been operated since 1927 by CPCU (Compagnie Parisienne de Chauffage Urbain), a subsidiary of the Engie group, which is therefore losing the contract.

"This century-old network is now becoming a powerful lever in the City of Paris' decarbonisation path", declared Patrick Bloche, First Deputy Mayor of the City of Paris, on 25/11/2025.

"Five years of work and nine deliberations of the Council were necessary; the European Commission allowed a two-year extension to enable us to carry out this competition under the right conditions, and we conducted an exemplary procedure within the framework of this call for tenders", declared Dan Lert, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of the ecological transition, the climate plan, water and energy…