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Somme - Picardie Maritime Green Tech Territory

The Northern European Market Green Tech Territory

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Access

At the heart of the Paris / London / Brussels triangle, the Somme-Picardie Maritime Green Tech Territory is focused firmly on the markets of northern Europe, with its network of 4 motorways, a TGV (high-speed train) station, airports and, soon, the wide gauge Seine / Northern Europe Canal.

Motorways A1, A16, A28, A29: Paris, London, Brussels, Rouen
A TGV (high-speed train) station: Haute-Picardie (Brussels /Lille / Southern France line)
London: 2 1/2 hours by motorway - 2 hours by TGV
Brussels: 3 hours 40 minutes by road
Paris: 1 hour 45 minutes by A16 motorway, 1 hour 40 minutes by TGV
Rouen - Le Havre: 1 hour by motorway A28
New Albert-Picardie Airport
Fast access to the international airports of Paris - Charles de Gaulle and Beauvais
Optical fibre and high-speed network serving the entire territory
Seine-Nord Canal in 2014: a new advantage for the sustainability of freight transportation, with two multimodal hubs in the Somme.

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Available real estate

The Somme-Picardie Maritime Green Tech Territory offers green companies every advantage to set up for business successfully.

Renewable energies and sustainable housing sectors
The Gros Jacques Environmental Business Park (near Tréport/Mers-les-Bains) with an area of 138 hectares, certified HQE, ISO 14001 and registered EMAS
Renewal Energies Business Incubator (2nd link in the European network of business incubators specialising in renewable energies)
Assistance with special business start-up projects for companies in the sector
Services industry centre dedicated to sustainable housing in Abbeville
Boréalia Industrial Green Tech Park with 200 hectares in Amiens

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Financial aid

The Somme Picardie Maritime Green Tech Territory is setting up an especially attractive tax incentive and financial package for green tech businesses:

AFR: aid programmes for regional projects
County bonus for new "renewable energies and sustainable construction" projects
Aid for real estate investments granted by local governments
Revitalisation measures for employment across the entire territory
Private equity funds for financing innovative projects
Recruitment and training assistance

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Training, research, human resources

The Somme Picardie Maritime Green Tech Territory offers companies in the sustainable-development sector a wide range of courses, studies and opportunities for innovation. In addition to its medium-size towns (Abbeville, Péronne, Montdidier, etc.), this green tech territory boasts an attractive regional capital, Amiens: an urban area with 180,000 inhabitants and an employment pool of 340,000 people.

Universities, technological and research centres in Amiens with 30,000 students - 37 research centres - 800 researchers
Courses and laboratories focusing on renewable energies and sustainable housing
R&D partnership: IAR and Agro-Ressources competitiveness cluster and CODEM Picardie.

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Flagship companies

The Somme - Picardie Maritime Green Tech Territory attracts and hosts many pioneering companies in the wind-energy, photovoltaics, biofuel, biomass, innovative materials, wood, hydraulic and geothermic sectors.