- TotalEnergies aims to replace 500,000 tons per year of this hydrogen consumed in its refineries with green hydrogen from renewables by 2030.
- The organisation aims to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions directly linked to its oil and gas operations by 40 per cent by 2030.
TotalEnergies is launching a call for tenders for the supply of 500,000 tons per year of green hydrogen as part of the drive to decarbonise its European refineries. According to TotalEnergies, green hydrogen use would prevent the emission of about five million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) yearly from the company’s European refineries by 2030.
TotalEnergies has six refineries in Europe – Antwerp (Belgium), Leuna (Germany), Zeeland (Netherlands), Normandy, Donges and Feyzin (France) – as well as two biorefineries in La Mède and Grandpuits (France), all of which use hydrogen. The organisation wants to replace 500,000 tons per year of this hydrogen consumed in its refineries with green hydrogen produced with renewable energies by 2030.
The company called this a major step towards achieving TotalEnergies’ objective of reducing the net greenhouse gas emissions directly linked to its oil and gas operations (Scopes 1+2) by 40 per cent by 2030 compared to 2015 levels.
The Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanné, said, “This massive call for tenders is fully aligned with TotalEnergies’ ambition to decarbonise all of the hydrogen used in its European refineries by 2030. Alongside other green and low-carbon hydrogen production projects that the Company is already undertaking at La Mède, Grandpuits, Leuna and Normandy, we are now approaching third-party providers to supply us with green hydrogen to accelerate the decarbonization of our operations.
“Consequently, by offering various worldwide suppliers the opportunity to secure medium- and long-term contracts with TotalEnergies, we trust we will benefit from the most competitive solutions they have developed.”