Energy & Science
Total, Engie Seek Aid for France’s Biggest Green Hydrogen Plant
- Firms aim to build 40-megawatt electrolyzer powered by solar
- Clean hydrogen would feed Total’s biodiesel plant in La Mede
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Total SE and Engie SA plan to build France’s largest green hydrogen facility to feed the oil company’s biodiesel plant in the south of the country from 2024, provided they get subsidies to make the project viable.
Steelmakers and gasoline and biofuel producers currently make the hydrogen they need from fossil fuels, emitting significant amounts of greenhouse gases in the process. Engie and Total’s project could be part of a first wave of hydrogen production facilities fueled by renewable power as Europe plans to reach net-zero emissions by the middle of the century.