The Euroméditerranée business eco-city in Marseille
A FIRST IN GEOTHERMAL ENERGY France’s first marine geothermal power plant is to be constructed in the Euroméditerranée business eco-city in Marseille. This project, for which France-based GDF Suez is the main contractor, will use marine geothermal energy to provide heating and cooling to buildings within the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille network. This project has significance both for France and for Europe’s coastal regions as a whole – many of which could benefit from similar projects in the future. Geothermal power plant
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September 2014, Constructructa, Foncière des Régions, EcoCité Euroméditerranée and GDF SUEZ subsidiary company Cofely Services signed an agreement to build France’s first marinepowered heating and cooling plant. Located in the heart of the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille, the Thassalia marine geothermal plant is one of a kind, and will use marine geothermal energy to provide heating and cooling for those buildings connected to its network. It will therefore transform the Mediterranean Sea into a sustainable energy source for around 500,000m2 of Marseille.
Groundbreaking business eco-city Born out of a central government initiative in 1995, the ‘Euroméditerranée’ project is a national infrastructure project designed to put Marseille on a par with Europe’s great14 Industry Europe
