At a Glance 2021

Accelerating in Renewable Gas

Accelerating in Renewable Gas

Biogas and low-carbon hydrogen are key resources for reducing the CO2 emissions from our own and from customers’ facilities. We intend to develop these resources to decarbonize the gas industry.

A LEAP FORWARD IN BIOMETHANE PRODUCTION

TotalEnergies has become the French market leader in renewable gas with the acquisition of Fonroche Biogaz, a company that designs, builds and operates several anaerobic digestion units in France. In the United States, TotalEnergies is creating a 50-50 joint venture to produce bioNGV for mobility with Clean Energy Fuels Corp., in which it is the largest shareholder. With this move, the Company is demonstrating its commitment to developing a competitive renewable gas industry. The goal is to produce 4 to 6 terawatt-hours of biomethane per year by 2030.

A FUTURE GREEN HYDROGEN HUB IN FRANCE

At present, 95% of hydrogen is produced from fossil energies and is almost exclusively reserved for industrial uses in refining and chemicals. In the future, if carbon-neutral production processes are used, hydrogen will play a major role in decarbonizing industry, transportation and natural gas and in boosting the performance of renewable energies.

That’s why TotalEnergies and ENGIE have joined forces to develop the largest green hydrogen production site in France. Situated in TotalEnergies’ biorefinery in La Mède, the Masshylia project will be supplied with power from solar farms. Its electrolyzer will produce five tons of green hydrogen per day by 2024. The output will be used to supply the refinery with hydrogen for producing biofuel, thereby avoiding 15,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year.

SPOTLIGHT :

Biogas is a renewable gas produced by the fermentation of organic matter such as manure, crop residue, urban water treatment sludge and food waste. Its purification results in biomethane, which has the same properties as natural gas.