TotalEnergies to decarbonise Leuna refinery using green hydrogen
TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with VNG, a German natural gas distribution company, to initiate the future supply of green hydrogen to the Leuna refinery in Germany operated by TotalEnergies.
Under the agreement, green hydrogen will be produced from renewable electricity with a 30 megawatt (MW) electrolyzer in Bad Lauchstädt, built and operated by VNG with its partner Uniper.
This agreement contributes to the decarbonisation of the Leuna refinery and will reduce the site’s annual CO2 emissions by up to 80,000 tons by 2030.
Furthermore, the pipeline connection to the Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park1 will give the Leuna refinery access to the future European hydrogen infrastructure and the international markets for green hydrogen.
“This project is fully in line with TotalEnergies’ ambition to decarbonise all hydrogen used in its European refineries by 2030. Our ambition is to replace the gray hydrogen with low carbon hydrogen, representing a reduction of 3 million tons of CO2 per year by 2030,” said Jean-Marc Durand, senior vice president, TotalEnergies Refining Base Chemicals Europe.
TotalEnergies focuses on decarbonising the hydrogen used in its European refineries. In addition to its partnership, launched in 2021 at the Normandy refinery, TotalEnergies and Air Liquide have signed a partnership agreement in November 2022 to build an innovative, circular system at the Grandpuits biorefinery in France to produce and harness renewable hydrogen. At La Mède in France, the Masshylia project to produce hydrogen in partnership with Engie is moving forward.
