Background
Dijon Métropole has committed to energy transition through its Climate City Contract (CCC) and the Pilot Cities Programme (PCP) within the Horizon Europe “100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030”
The Action plan and Investment Plan of the CCC are describing global investment amount needed for the Energy transtion on the territory as well as proposing to adress actions throughout the management of an Energy projects’ portfolio.
One of the key initiatives of Dijon Métropole Pilot Cities Programme Activity is the creation of a territorial massification operator: the Société d’Économie Mixte (SEM) ENERGIES (a public-private company). The SEM ENERGIES’ creation has been voted by the Metropolitan Council of the 27th of March 2025. The shareholders of the company are Dijon Métropole (60%) and Meridiam (40%), a European investment firm specialised in the development, financing, and long-term management of sustainable public projects.
This mixed-ownership entity aims to structure and coordinate energy projects across the territory, mobilising public efforts to foster private financing, and manage the energy projects’ portfolio. To this end, the SEM ENERGIES identifies projects, carries out preliminary feasibility studies, initiates the structuring and financing of projects, whether private and/or public, organises cooperation between stakeholders in the territory, mainly private industrial or tertiary companies, prepares the technical components of each project, and seeks to structure the Project portfolio in a coherent and profitable manner. Please see the below document for more background information.
About the request
The City Expert Support Facility (CESF), through NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC is requesting proposals for a comprehensive “Governance, De-risking and Value-Sharing model for Public/Private partnership in a biomass heating network project”, in the support for Mission and CCC’s activities in Dijon Métropole, France. A district heating project implies different activities:
- the construction, and exploitation of the biomass-fired plant,
- the construction of the pipes and sub-stations, and their connection to the customers’ heating systems,
- the exploitation of the entire system,
- the furniture and sale of heat to final customers (such as building owners and industrials),
- potentially the sale of heat from the energy plant to the DH system operator (in case of third-party heat supply – the plant’s owner and operator is the not the DH operator).
Please find all further relevant information including context, delivery timeline, key tasks, full detailed scope, out of scope, milestones, and all related information below.
Timeline and additional information
Interested parties are invited to submit their proposals by 31 October 2025 to Luisa Carretti [CESF@netzerocities.eu]. Proposals should include and address all specific requirements related to the request which can be found below.
