TotalEnergies and Veolia join forces to accelerate biomethane development

TotalEnergies and Veolia have signed an agreement to produce biomethane from Veolia waste and water treatment facilities operating in more than 15 countries. 

The partners will develop and co-invest in a portfolio of international projects, with the ambition to produce up to 1.5 TWh/y of biomethane by 2025. They claim that production of renewable gas made from organic waste will avoid some 200,000 t/y of CO₂ emissions. TotalEnergies will market the resulting biomethane as a renewable fuel for transport or as a substitute for natural gas in other uses.

‘We are pleased to partner with Veolia to promote the recovery of waste through the production of biomethane, and thereby the circular economy, one of the pillars of sustainable development,’ comments Stéphane Michel, President Gas, Renewables & Power at TotalEnergies.

TotalEnergies is the biomethane market leader in France, with close to 500 GWh of production capacity. It aims to become a major player in biomethane internationally by partnering with market leaders such as Clean Energy in the US. The company is active across the entire biomethane value chain, from project development to marketing of biomethane and its by-products (biofertilisers, bioCO₂), and plans to produce at least 2 TWh of biomethane per year by 2025 – equivalent to a 400,000 t/y reduction in CO₂ emissions.

Producing biomethane from waste supports the principles of a circular economy, one of the pillars of sustainable development

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