Air Liquide will invest over €400m to develop its Normand’Hy electrolyser to deliver hydrogen to TotalEnergies’ refinery in Gonfreville and the Normandy industrial basin in support of decarbonisation efforts.
With a capacity of 200MW, the electrolyser will be operational in the second half of 2026, with 100MW, or 10,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year, dedicated to Total Energies. Air Liquide plans to sign long-term renewable power purchase agreements with low-carbon energy from the French power grid for the remaining 100MW.
Total Energies’ Normandy refining plant is its biggest platform in France. Comprised of a refinery and a petrochemical plant, the facility converts 12 million metric tonnes of crude oil into some 200 products, including gasoline, diesel, kerosene, lubricating oils, and plastic pellets.
Between 2000 and 2010, Total Energies invested €1bn to make the facility more energy efficient and align its production with changing demand. The Air Liquide deal will now further reduce the site’s CO2 emissions by up to 15,000 tonnes a year.
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