2023 Annual report | BRGM - French geological survey

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Catherine Lagneau Chair and CEO

"BRGM plays a pivotal role in current affairs and national priorities on the major issues of our century."

Catherine Lagneau
Chair
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2023 great achievements

Geology and knowledge of the subsurface

The continental shelf, an area to be re-investigated in the face of growingchallenges

GPS referencing of a piezometer (instrumentation for monitoring and analysing water quality) located in the infiltration basin of the controlled aquifer-recharge system. © BRGM - G. Picot

GPS referencing of a piezometer (instrumentation for monitoring and analysing water quality) located in the infiltration basin of the controlled aquifer-recharge system. © BRGM - G. Picot

Groundwater management

Nature-based solutions: a toolbox for sustainable groundwater management

Example of a structure built in Artouste (French Pyrénées) to stabilise blocks of rock in areas above a strategic road (2022). © BRGM

Example of a structure built in Artouste (French Pyrénées) to stabilise blocks of rock in areas above a strategic road (2022). © BRGM

Risks and spatial planning

Moving towards nature-based responses to phenomena caused by weather events

Treatability tests for PFASs using reducers. © BRGM - D. Depoorter

Treatability tests for PFASs using reducers. © BRGM - D. Depoorter

Risks and spatial planning

Major advances in understanding and managing PFAS

Nord-Pas-de-Calais: emergency monitoring and work on two former

Nord-Pas-de-Calais: emergency monitoring and work on two former

Risks and spatial planning

Nord-Pas-de-Calais: emergency monitoring and work on two former

Favourability map for cobalt mineralisation in Europe (preliminary version), obtained using the Disc Based Association (DBA) method as part of the Geological Service for Europe (GSEU) project. © BRGM

Favourability map for cobalt mineralisation in Europe (preliminary version), obtained using the Disc Based Association (DBA) method as part of the Geological Service for Europe (GSEU) project. © BRGM

Mineral resources and the circular economy

Predictive modelling to optimise the search for and exploitation of mineral resources

View of the Vendenheim deep geothermal site in Alsace. © Fonroche Géoth_2

View of the Vendenheim deep geothermal site in Alsace. © Fonroche Géoth_2

Subsurface potential for the energy transition

Good practices for controlling induced seismicity in deep geothermal energy projects

The aim of the "EaSy Data" national data warehouse is to centralise, organise and share the large quantity of so-called orphan data on the environment and the Earth system. © BRGM

The aim of the "EaSy Data" national data warehouse is to centralise, organise and share the large quantity of so-called orphan data on the environment and the Earth system. © BRGM

Digital data, services and infrastructure

EaSy Data collects ‘long-tail’ data on the Earth and the environment

2023 activity by major societal issues

Geology and knowledge of the subsurface

Heli-borne geophysical acquisition campaign in the Massif Central (2023). © Alexandre Magnan

Groundwater management

Installation of a multi-parameter probe for the Nutrikarst project (Jura). © BRGM - M. Parizot

Risks and spatial planning

Drone surveillance of the cliffs along the coastal road in Urrugne. © Observatoire de la Côte Aquitaine / Com’ by AVM

Mineral resources and the circular economy

Shredding circuit boards is the first stage of a gold and palladium recovery process. © BRGM - D. Depoorter

Subsurface potential for the energy transition

CO2-DISSOLVED concept: capturing CO2 from an industrial emitter and dissolving it in the re-injection water of a geothermal doublet, or how to combine decarbonisation of industry and production of renewable energy. © BRGM

Digital data, services and infrastructure

BRGM is developing more and more digital services that structure geo-environmental data and make it accessible in response to societal challenges. © BRGM

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