TotalEnergies is working with Air Liquide on two projects to generate 45,000 tons of green hydrogen a year using renewable power from an offshore wind farm. The green hydrogen will then be used to cut carbon dioxide emissions from TotalEnergies’ refineries in Belgium and the Netherlands by as much as 450,000 tons a year.
The first project will see the partners build and operate a 250 MW electrolyser near TotalEnergies’ Zeeland refinery in the Netherlands. This facility will produce up to 30,000 tons of green hydrogen a year, the majority being delivered to the Zeeland’s refinery. The electrolyser will be commissioned in 2029 and will lead to a reduction in site’s carbon dioxide emissions by up to 300,000 tons a year.
This project will require an investment of some €600 million, and the partners have said that requests for support have been made under European and national subsidy programs. Project funding will also be sought by the partners.
TotalEnergies will also be aiming to decarbonising the hydrogen used at its refinery in Antwerp, Belgium, whereby 130MW of Air Liquide’s 200MW ELYgator electrolyser project located in Maasvlakte, Netherlands, will be dedicated to the production of 15,000 tons per year of green hydrogen for TotalEnergies in Antwerp.
The renewable energy for this project will come from a TotalEnergies’ joint venture offshore wind farm OranjeWind. The project is expected to be operational by the end of 2027 and will reduce carbon dioxide emissions at the Antwerp site by up to 150,000 tons per year.
"Under this agreement, TotalEnergies will supply the renewable electrons produced by the OranjeWind project to Air Liquide to be transformed into green hydrogen," the companies said.
Emilie Mouren-Renouard, member of the Air Liquide executive committee, in charge of Europe operations said: “Flagship projects such as the ones we are announcing today, will play a key role in reducing emissions, particularly in hard-to-abate sectors such as industry and heavy mobility.”
These latest developments continue TotalEnergies’ plans to decarbonize the hydrogen used its European refineries, a move the company said should help reduce the company’s annual carbon dioxide emissions by around three million tons by 2030. In order to fully decarbonize the hydrogen used in its European refineries, TotalEnergies has already contracted over 170,000 tons of green hydrogen annually at La Mède, Grandpuits and Normandy in France, Leuna in Germany and its refineries in Belgium and the Netherlands.
TotalEnergies has also been growing its hydrogen capacity through partnerships around the world. During 2022, the company announced a deal with India’s Adani Enterprises Limited to create a new platform for the production and commercialisation of green hydrogen in India.
The new company, Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL) is set to produce one million tonne per year of green hydrogen by 2030, which will be underpinned by approximately 30 gigawatts of renewable power generation.
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