This gas innovation will set up in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët

If Saint-James is the first reverse to see the light of day in the South Manche, others will follow from 2026. This gas innovation project is on the way to Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët, just about twenty kilometers. “It is in the study phase currently. We hope to set it up next year, ”says Pierre Monin, territorial delegate Val de Seine at Natran’s. Again, three million euros will be invested in the implementation of the structure.

In Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët, other methanisation units will be connected, proof of higher gas production than its consumption in the sector. “There are approximately five methanisation projects which made it possible to achieve the criteria allowing us to make a request for validation of investments to the energy regulation commission,” also details the company in a press release. All are within a radius of twenty kilometers around the town.

new methane units to come

With this new project, Natran also anticipates the arrival of new methane production sites in the territory. In the first quarter of 2025, already three new units were born in Normandy, including one in Saint-James. Others will arrive during the year. “We are a partner of Metha Normandy, which lists all the biogas production sites. We can thus know which projects are in progress and make ourselves known for the future network connection, ”specifies Pierre Monin.

For the time being, the units potentially involved are unknown at this stage of the project. Saint-Hilaire is well argued, although the location is not stopped. In 2026, a third rate was to be created in the Channel, this time in Coutances.

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