REG-TotalEnergies SE Circular Economy: TotalEnergies and Air Liquide Innovate to Produce Renewable, Low Carbon Hydrogen at the Grandpuits Zero Crude Platform

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Circular Economy: TotalEnergies and Air Liquide Innovate to Produce Renewable,
Low Carbon Hydrogen at the Grandpuits Zero Crude Platform

 

TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) and Air Liquide are innovating
to produce and valorize renewable, low carbon hydrogen at the Grandpuits zero
crude platform. Under a long-term contract committing TotalEnergies to
purchase the hydrogen produced for the needs of its platform, Air Liquide will
invest over €130 million in the construction and operation of a new unit
producing hydrogen. This unit will partly use biogas from the biorefinery
built by TotalEnergies and will be delivered with Air Liquide’s carbon
capture technology Cryocap(TM). These innovations will prevent emissions
amounting to 150,000 tons of CO(2) a year compared to current processes.
TotalEnergies’ biorefinery will use the unit’s hydrogen to produce
sustainable aviation fuel.

In line with the two companies’ shared ambition to get to net zero by 2050,
the project includes sustainable and circular innovations:


 * The new hydrogen production unit, with the capacity to produce over 20,000
tons a year will produce hydrogen that is partly renewable, thanks to the
recycling of residual biogas from the Grandpuits biorefinery, in place of the
natural gas that is normally used.

 * This unit will be delivered with a carbon capture technology, allowing it to
help reduce the platform’s carbon footprint, by capturing over 110,000 tons
of CO(2) a year for reuse in food and industrial applications.

 * Most of the unit’s renewable, low carbon hydrogen will be used by the
biorefinery itself, to produce sustainable aviation fuel, but it could also be
used to support sustainable mobility in the Ile-de-France region.

"By recycling the biogas produced by the biorefinery into renewable hydrogen,
this innovative project makes full use of the conversion of the Grandpuits
refinery into a zero crude platform harnessing the potential of biomass,
especially in the production of sustainable aviation fuel,” said Bernard
Pinatel, President, Refining & Chemicals, TotalEnergies. "Combined with
the production of low carbon hydrogen and the capture of CO(2), this project
contributes to TotalEnergies’ ambition to decarbonize all of the hydrogen
used by its European refineries by 2030."

"This innovative project is characterized by the combination of several
solutions in order to produce renewable and low-carbon hydrogen,and contribute
to the decarbonization of TotalEnergies’ Grandpuits site. It also provides
the opportunity to recycle CO2 as part of a circular economy approach while
securing its supply for agri-food applications. This project illustrates Air
Liquide’s expertise in working with its customers on customized solutions to
help them reduce their carbon footprint and actively participate in the fight
against global warming. It provides yet another example of the key role that
hydrogen will play to succeed in the energy transition"," added Pascal Vinet,
Senior Vice President and member of the Executive Committee, Air Liquide, in
charge of Europe Industries activities.

About TotalEnergies in Grandpuits

Commissioned in 1966, Total's Grandpuits-Bailly-Carrois refinery was for a
long time the only refinery in the Paris region. In September 2020,
TotalEnergies launched a project to convert the site, in line with its
strategy to become carbon neutral by 2050. This zero-crude project, with a
total investment of more than 500 million euros, is based on the development
of several future-oriented activities in the field of biomass, renewable
energies, and the circular economy: chemical recycling of plastic waste,
production of biosourced and biodegradable bioplastics, production of biofuels
for the aviation sector, construction of a solar farm and electricity storage
by batteries. The start-up of these new units will begin in 2022, and they
should all be operational by 2025.

TotalEnergies and renewable & low-carbon hydrogen

TotalEnergies is convinced that renewable and low-carbon hydrogen will play a
major role in the energy transition. The Company is working with its suppliers
and partners to decarbonize all the hydrogen used in its European refineries
by 2030. This represents a reduction in CO(2) emissions of 3 million tons per
year. Further out, TotalEnergies aims to pioneer the mass production of
renewable and low carbon hydrogen to meet demand for hydrogen fuel as soon as
the market takes off, notably to help decarbonize heavy transport. The
renewable hydrogen production capacity currently under development in Europe
and India will contribute to TotalEnergies' ambition for new molecules -
biofuels, biogas, hydrogen, and e-fuels- to reach 25% of its energy production
and sales mix by 2050.

TotalEnergies and Sustainable Aviation Fuels

TotalEnergies is developing Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF). These are
biofuels produced from waste and residues from the circular economy (animal
fats, used cooking oils, etc.) and "e-jets", synthetic fuels for aviation.
These sustainable aviation fuels will significantly reduce CO2 emissions from
air transport

About TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies is a global multi-energy company that produces and markets
energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and
electricity. Our more than 100,000 employees are committed to energy that is
ever more affordable, cleaner, more reliable and accessible to as many people
as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable
development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations
to contribute to the well-being of people.

About Air Liquide

A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health,
Air Liquide is present in 75 countries with approximately 66,400 employees and
serves more than 3.8 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and
hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They
embody Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the
company’s activities since its creation in 1902.

Taking action today while preparing the future is at the heart of Air
Liquide’s strategy. With ADVANCE, its strategic plan for 2025, Air Liquide
is targeting a global performance, combining financial and extra-financial
dimensions. Positioned on new markets, the Group benefits from major assets
such as its business model combining resilience and strength, its ability to
innovate and its technological expertise. The Group develops solutions
contributing to climate and the energy transition—particularly with
hydrogen—and takes action to progress in areas of healthcare, digital and
high technologies.

Air Liquide’s revenue amounted to more than 23 billion euros in 2021. Air
Liquide is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange (compartment A) and
belongs to the CAC 40, CAC 40 ESG, EURO STOXX 50 and FTSE4Good indexes.

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