TotalEnergies, RWE's Dutch Offshore Wind Farm, Green Hydrogen

TotalEnergies will acquire a 50% stake in RWE's OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands and will use its share of the electricity from the wind farm to produce green hydrogen.

With half of the generation capacity of the 759 MW offshore wind farm, TotalEnergies plans to power 350 MW electrolyser projects that will produce about 40,000 tonnes of green hydrogen annually, which the company will use at its refineries in Northern Europe.

The move falls within TotalEnergies’ goal of decarbonising its European refineries’ hydrogen and cutting its CO2 emissions by around 5 million tonnes per year by 2030. The green hydrogen produced via electrolysis using OranjeWind electricity will replace the hydrogen currently consumed there and will avoid the emission of approximately 400,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, according to TotalEnergies’ press release from 24 July.

Offshore Wind and Hydrogen