REG-TotalEnergies SE Germany: TotalEnergies and VNG Join Forces on Green Hydrogen to Decarbonize the Leuna Refinery

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Germany: TotalEnergies and VNG Join Forces on Green Hydrogen to Decarbonize
the Leuna Refinery

 

TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) and VNG, a German natural gas
distribution company, have signed an agreement to initiate the future supply
of green hydrogen to the Leuna refinery operated by TotalEnergies. Under the
agreement, green hydrogen will be produced from renewable electricity with a
30 MW electrolyzer in Bad Lauchstädt, built and operated by VNG with its
partner Uniper.

This agreement contributes to the decarbonization of the Leuna refinery and
will reduce the site's annual CO(2) emissions by up to 80,000 tons by 2030.

Furthermore, the pipeline connection to the Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park(1)
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 decarbonize 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 CO(2) per year by 2030," said Jean-Marc Durand, Senior Vice
President, TotalEnergies Refining Base Chemicals Europe.

About TotalEnergies and the decarbonization of its European refineries

TotalEnergies focuses on decarbonizing the hydrogen used in its European
refineries, a move that should reduce CO(2) emissions by 3 Mt per year by
2030. In addition to our partnership, launched in 2021 at the Normandy
refinery, TotalEnergies and Air Liquide signed a partnership agreement in
November 2022 to build an innovative, circular system at the Grandpuits
biorefinery to produce and harness renewable hydrogen. At La Mède, the
Masshylia project to produce hydrogen in partnership with Engie is moving
forward.

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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 nearly 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 VNG

VNG is a group of over 20 companies active in the European energy industry,
employing more than 1,500 people. As the third largest gas importer and gas
storage operator in Germany and operating, through subsidiary ONTRAS
Gastransport GmbH, a pipeline network covering 7,700 km, the group, which is
headquartered in Leipzig, is central to the secure supply of gas in Germany.
VNG supplies gas to around 400 municipal utilities and industrial customers,
meeting around 20 per cent of Germany’s demand for gas. In addition, with
the ‘VNG 2030+’ strategy, VNG is pursuing an ambitious path for its
commitment in the field of renewable and decarbonised gases. VNG is already
one of the leading producers of biogas in Germany and is actively involved in
many projects to establish a CO2-free hydrogen economy. Building on its core
expertise in gas and critical infrastructure, VNG is working along the entire
gas value chain to ensure a sustainable, climate-neutral and secure energy
supply for the future.

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(1) Energiepark Bad Lauchstädt (EBL) is a consortium to develop a green
Hydrogen Hub composed of different subprojects such as renewable power
generation (wind 50MWpower), H2 production, transportation H2 and storage H2.

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