SATIS Project

Scientific objectives

The SATIS project examines the specific forms taken by decarbonisation initiatives in industrial and port zones (ZIPs) within the metropolitan areas where they are based, using the case studies of Fos-sur-Mer and Dunkirk. It aims to provide an assessment, a forward-looking analysis and recommendations to facilitate this integration and support these transformations, which combine reindustrialisation and decarbonisation.

Unlike existing studies, which focus on the scale of industrial processes, individual plants or industrial clusters, SATIS shifts the focus to observe dynamics at different territorial scales, notably local, metropolitan and regional. It prioritises a systemic approach to decarbonisation based on the deployment of two disruptive technologies: CCS/CCU and carbon-free hydrogen.

It is at these levels that it is possible to understand the social and environmental challenges of decarbonisation, which the SATIS project team proposes to address through three main approaches:

• Productive innovations within industrial and regional ecosystems.
• Territorial governance to support these changes, taking into account institutional frameworks and forms of civil society participation.
• The development of new infrastructure or the repurposing of existing infrastructure for decarbonisation (carbon pipelines, hydrogen pipelines).

This framework is applied to the two selected areas, which will be compared with other international case studies, both within Europe (Rotterdam) and outside Europe, to understand how decarbonisation is being driven by local authorities in different contexts. This benchmarking exercise leads to an analysis of the two French case studies and proposes forward-looking insights that can be adapted by those involved in decarbonisation.

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