TotalEnergies has signed a contract with the German natural gas distribution company VNG to initiate the future supply of green hydrogen to the Leuna refinery operated by TotalEnergies.
According to the deal, VNG and its partner Uniper will construct and run a 30 MW electrolyzer in Bad Lauchstädt to manufacture green hydrogen from renewable electricity.
By 2030, this agreement will cut the Leuna refinery’s yearly CO2 emissions by up to 80,000 tons and help the facility become carbon neutral. Additionally, the Leuna refinery will have access to the future European hydrogen infrastructure as well as the global markets for green hydrogen thanks to the pipeline link to the Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park.
“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 CO2 per year by 2030,” said Jean-Marc Durand, Senior Vice President, TotalEnergies Refining Base Chemicals Europe.
