Industry: €1.6Bn to accelerate the decarbonisation of seven sites in France

An allocation of €1.6bn has been granted to seven industrial sites as part of the "Major industrial decarbonisation projects" call for tenders, according to the results unveiled on 11/02/2026.

The programme is steered on behalf of the State by Ademe as part of the France 2030 programme.

Its aim is to support, over a 15-year period, the investment and operating costs of projects at the sites with the highest CO₂ emissions.

"In particular, it should make it possible to accelerate the decarbonisation of the sectors and industrial sites that emit the most and are the most difficult to decarbonise, while enabling the emergence of decarbonisation solutions at the lowest cost", says the Ministry for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature.

The winning projects are:
• Aluminium Dunkerque in Loon-Plage (Nord);
• Eurolysine in Amiens (Somme);
• Holcim in Saint-Pierre-la-Cour (Mayenne);
• Heidelberg Materials France in Airvault (Deux-Sèvres);
• Vicat at Montalieu (Isère);
• Specialty Operations France at Saint-Fons (Rhône);
• Ineos Naphtachimie at…