TotalEnergies and RWE join forces on green hydrogen to decarbonize the Leuna refinery

Moscow, March 12 - Neftegaz.RU. In line with its 2030 ambition to decarbonize the hydrogen used in its European refineries, TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with the German developer RWE to supply 30,000 tons a year of green hydrogen to the German Leuna refinery for fifteen years, beginning in 2030.

The green hydrogen will be produced by a 300 MW electrolyzer, built and operated by RWE in Lingen.
Green hydrogen storage will be provided locally.
The green hydrogen will be delivered by a 600 km pipeline to the gates of the refinery and will prevent the site’s emission of some 300,000 tons of CO₂ beginning in 2030.
This is the largest quantity of green hydrogen ever contracted from an electrolyzer in Germany.

P. Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies said:

• we are looking forward to developing further our partnership with RWE, our partner in several offshore wind projects in Germany and the Netherlands;
• this long-term contract for green hydrogen marks an important milestone to reducing our CO₂ emissions at our Leuna refinery;
• it will be made possible thanks to the completion of the H₂ backbone by German authorities and their efficient support to green H₂ customers like our Leuna refinery.

M. Krebber, Chief Executive Officer of RWE said:

• we are proud to have secured the first long-term offtake agreement for green hydrogen of this size with TotalEnergies in Germany;
• six months after the investment decision for the construction of the 300-megawatt electrolysis plant in Lingen, we have acquired an important anchor customer in TotalEnergies;
• this shows that hydrogen works with the right incentives for customers.