The French government has just granted the company Mantle8 an exclusive permit for the exploration of natural hydrogen in the PyreneesThe permit covers 739 km² straddling the departments of Hautes-Pyrénées and Haute-GaronneIt represents "a major step forward for natural hydrogen in Europe," according to [source missing]. Emmanuel Masini, founder of Mantle8, a company based in Grenoble.
This Exclusive Research Permit (PER), for a period of five years, authorizes Mantle8 to conduct exploration activities, including geoscientific campaigns, across the entire permit area before applying a possible exploratory drilling permitThis should allow the company to "demonstrate the producibility of natural hydrogen and its potential to strengthen energy sovereignty and the decarbonization of industrial uses."
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