TotalEnergies has signed agreements with Air Liquide to develop two green hydrogen projects in the Netherlands.
Under the deals, 45,000 tons a year of green hydrogen will be produced using renewable power, generated mostly by the OranjeWind offshore wind farm, developed jointly by TotalEnergies and RWE.
These projects will cut CO2 emissions from TotalEnergies’ refineries in Belgium and the Netherlands by up to 450,000 tons a year and contribute to the European renewable energy targets in transport.
TotalEnergies and Air Liquide have signed an agreement to set up a joint venture, with each company holding a 50% stake, to build and operate a 250MW electrolyser near the Zeeland refinery.
This project will enable the production of up to 30,000 tons of green hydrogen a year, most of which will be delivered to Zeeland’s platform.
The electrolyser will be commissioned in 2029 and will cut the site’s CO2 emissions by up to 300,000 tons a year.
This project represents a global investment of around €600m for both partners, who have made requests for support under European and national subsidy programmes.
In addition, as part of Air Liquide’s 200MW ELYgator electrolyser project located in Maasvlakte in the Netherlands, TotalEnergies has signed a tolling agreement for 130MW to be dedicated to the production of 15,000 tons per year of green hydrogen for the TotalEnergies platform in Antwerp.
Under this agreement, TotalEnergies will supply the renewable electrons produced by the OranjeWind project to Air Liquide to be transformed into green hydrogen.
The project is expected to be operational by the end of 2027 and will reduce CO2 emissions at the Antwerp site by up to 150,000 tons per year.
President of refining and chemicals at TotalEnergies Vincent Stoquart welcomed the latest agreements.
He said: “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 decarbonise the hydrogen consumed by its refineries in Europe by 2030.
“By supplying these two electrolysers with renewable electricity from our offshore wind project in the Netherlands, TotalEnergies is leveraging its positioning as an integrated electricity company.”
Air Liquide executive committee member Emilie Mouren-Renouard, who is in charge of Europe operations, said: “We are proud to lead the way on European renewable and low-carbon hydrogen production, and to accompany TotalEnergies in their journey to decarbonising their industrial assets.”