TotalEnergies has teamed up with industrial gases company Air Liquide to utilize electrolytic hydrogen in an effort to help lower emissions from refinery operations. (Source: Shutterstock)
TotalEnergies has teamed up with industrial gases company Air Liquide to utilize electrolytic hydrogen in an effort to help lower emissions from refinery operations.
The Paris-based company on Feb. 18 said the companies will work together on two projects in Europe, producing about 45,000 tons per year of green hydrogen using power mostly sourced from TotalEnergies and RWE’s OranjeWind offshore wind farm. The projects are expected to reduce CO2 emissions from TotalEnergies’ refineries in Belgium and the Netherlands by up to 450,000 tons per year, the company said in a news release.
“Following the first partnership agreement with Air Liquide to supply the Normandy refinery with green hydrogen, and the agreements to supply the Grandpuits and La Mède biorefineries with renewable hydrogen, the partnership with Air Liquide takes on a new dimension and marks a new step in TotalEnergies’ ambition to decarbonize the hydrogen consumed by its refineries in Europe by 2030,” said Vincent Stoquart, president of refining and chemicals at TotalEnergies.
The companies agreed to set up a 50-50 joint venture with both investing about €600 million. As part of the partnership, Air Liquide will build and operate a 250-megawatt (MW) electrolyzer near the Zeeland refinery. Here, up to 30,000 tons of green hydrogen will be produced annually, according to the release.
As part of Air Liquide's 200-MW ELYgator electrolyzer project in Maasvlakte (Netherlands), TotalEnergies said it signed a tolling agreement for 130 MW for the production of 15,000 tons per year of green hydrogen for its platform in Antwerp. TotalEnergies will supply electricity produced by OranjeWind to Air Liquide for the hydrogen production process. The project is expected to be operational by the end of 2027.
“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,” said Emilie Mouren-Renouard, member of the Air Liquide executive committee in charge of Europe operations.
The two projects will complete the five Air Liquide low carbon units already in operation or construction in Europe, Mouren-Renouard added.
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