Set up your international business in Eastern France (Grand Est Region)
Business sector : Environmental industry
Why set up your company in the Grand Est region of France?
Eastern France is an ideal location to set up your international business in the renewable energies sector. It is the 1st region in France for biogas (15% of the set up national power output) and for deep geothermal energy.
However, the region’s advantages do not stop here. The Grand Est region of France is also the 2nd region in France for wind power with 22% of the set up power output in mainland France and the 3rd region for solid biomass for electricity production with 12.2% of the set up power output in mainland France. Wood energy is the leading source of renewable energy in the region. The region is also present in the hydro energy sector, the hydroelectric centre of Strasbourg having only recently turned 50 years old.
Key figures
- 30 billion for the ecological transition
- 2021/22: 6.7 billion euros invested in the thermal renovation of buildings
- 49,000 companies
- 135 000 employees
Renewable energies in the Grand Est region of France
Biomass
Being the 3rd forest-covered region in France, Wood energy is now the leading renewable energy in the Grand Est region. Furthermore, the region is favoured by international biomass heating players such as KWB. Other biomass energy sources in the region are crops such as sunflower, beet and rapeseed.
Wind power
The Grand Est region is the second region in France in terms of set up power output and electricity production from wind power.