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The 'Subsoil' (resources) exploratory PEPR

The subsoil is a veritable reservoir of resources that are necessary for the energy transition. It is a major source of decarbonised geothermal energy while also a place for storing energy (H2) and waste (CO2) which hosts essential water reserves.
The 'Subsoil' PEPR's objectives - as defined in response to the multiple issues linked to the subsoil's conditions - are:

  • To define the conditions for responsible and sustainable use of the subsoil in the framework of different scenarios for economic, energy and technological evolution while also taking socio-technical trajectories into account;
  • To develop a framework to limit conflicts and impacts, define strategies for the study and conservation of archives contained in the subsoil, create the right conditions for dialogue and arbitration about subsoil-related activities and support initiatives aimed at protecting and enhancing the subsoil which is considered to be a common heritage; 
  • To structure a broad community of researchers in the Earth and environmental, social, environmental, economic and legal sciences and federate the even broader community made up of researchers, citizens, decision-makers and industrialists around these issues.

 

  • Programme leaders: CNRS, BRGM
  • Partners: CEA, CEREMA, French Institute of Petroleum (IFPEN), IFREMER, INERIS, INRAE, National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP), INRIA, IRD, MNHN. Universities: Aix-Marseille, Besançon, Bordeaux, Chambéry, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, French Guiana, Lille, Limoges, Lorraine, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Orléans, Paris SL, Pau, Poitiers, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse.
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