TotalEnergies has commissioned BioNorrois in Fontaine-le-Dun (Normandy), its eighth biomethane production unit in France – raising its biogas production capacity in the country to more than 800 GWh.
It will inject 153 GWh of biomethane per year into the natural gas transport network operated by GRTgaz, equivalent to the average annual gas consumption of more than 30,000 inhabitants.
The French sugar group Cristal Union, partner in the project and 10% shareholder, will provide beet pulp, residues from its adjacent production site, to the biomethane plant, which will represent up to 80% of the 185,000 tons of organic materials used.
The 150,000 tonnes of digestate produced annually by the unit will be fully utilised by Cristal Union and the Norman cooperative NatUp with partner farms, to support them in their transition to the use of sustainable and locally produced fertilisers. This new territorial installation will save more than 5,500 tonnes of chemical fertilisers each year and avoid emitting 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2).
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