Two energy production giants have partnered to significantly accelerate biomethane production
TotalEnergies and Veolia have signed an agreement to produce biomethane from Veolia waste and water treatment facilities operating in more than 15 countries.
“Our partnership with TotalEnergies is in line with Veolia’s strategy to develop solutions for decarbonising the energy mix, notably with biogas, as part of an ecological transition,” said Estelle Brachlianoff, chief operating officer at Veolia.
“At the global level, the biogas resources at our sites offer more than 6 terawatt hours of primary energy. With this biomethane production potential and our know-how in biogas management, Veolia intends to become a leading player in the value chain while developing more decentralised and local green energy production capacity.”
Win-win strategy
The partners will develop and co-invest in a portfolio of international projects, with the ambition to produce up to 1.5 terawatt-hours (TWh) of biomethane per year by 2025.
This production of renewable gas made from organic waste will be equivalent to the average annual natural gas consumption of 500,000 residents and will apparently avoid some 200,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. TotalEnergies will market the resulting biomethane as a renewable fuel for mobility or as a substitute for natural gas in other uses.
Both partners will pool their industrial know-how in biomethane production. Veolia will provide its expertise in the production and processing of biogas from its facilities and TotalEnergies will contribute its in-depth knowledge of the entire biomethane value chain.
Veolia already produces 1.2 million MWh of electricity from over 14 million metric tonnes of landfill waste annually.
TotalEnergies is already active across the entire biomethane value chain, from project development to marketing of biomethane and its by-products (biofertilizers, bioCO2).
It aims to produce at least 2 TWh of biomethane per year by 2025 – equivalent to the annual consumption of 670,000 French consumers and a reduction in CO2 emissions of 400,000 tonnes.
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