Agence pour la Promotion Internationnale de Lille Metropole

LILLE AT THE HEART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETS

- 70% of Europe's expenditure for environment is located around Lille
- The region totals more than 800 eco-companies, of which 40% in Lille Metropole
- Lille Metropole, located at the crossroads of 7 European capital cities, 2 ^nd logistics hub in France, offers top-ranking infrastructures
(construction of the Seine-Nord ship canal connecting the Seine river and the North European basins)
- 'Excellence Pole' for site and soil decontamination - unparalleled in France
- CD2E: a specific subsidy tailored to the development of eco-companies

EQUIPMENT UNMATCHED IN EUROPE

 

• Triselec : social and technological model in the field of sorting plants (90,000 metric tons of material sorted per year)
• CVO (Organic Upgrading Center) : the CVO will process 108,000 metric tons of waste per year as of 2007 and will supply biogas for 150 buses operated in the metropolitan area.
• Energy Upgrading Center ANTARES : processing capacity of 350,000 metric tons per year to produce 185 GWh of electricity per year.