Hauts-de-France Region, Pôlénergie

•The Seine-Nord Europe Canal: a major territorial development project combining technical performance, environmental respect, and safety.​

•Route: will connect Compiègne (Oise) to Aubencheul-au-Bac (Nord) by 2030.​

•Strategic Link: an essential part of the Seine-Scheldt waterway, connecting the French network to 20,000 km of European waterways.​

•Economic benefits: boosts competitiveness of local production and enhances regional attractiveness​

Our objective in this pilot : establishing a regional HDV H2 innovation ecosystem here (focus on the vessels) study the relevance (economic and technical feasibility) of the transformation of current vessels into H2 vessels​

1.Technological challenge à infrastructure, adaptation, sourcing energy…​

2.Logistic and complexity: refueling, H2 storage…​

3.Economic : cost of energy/infrastructure, business model and investment​

4.Policy: green H2/the Canal (biodiversity…), lack of regulations/laws around H2 vessels