In France, global multi-energy major TotalEnergies SE has announced that is accelerating the transformation of its biorefinery in La Mède (Bouches-du-Rhône) and will invest EUR 70 million in 2024 in order to have the capacity to process up to 100 percent waste from the circular economy to renewable fuels.
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The investment, planned as part of the biorefinery’s first major shutdown in 2024, will modernize the site’s facilities so that it can process more used cooking oils (UCO) and animal fats.
Since 2019, the La Mède platform, which hosts France’s first world-scale biorefinery, has been capable of producing 500 000 tonnes of renewable diesel per annum.
This decision is part of the Company’s objective to achieve 75 percent waste from the circular economy among the raw materials used to produce renewable fuels from 2024 as well as the acceleration of the production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) to position the Company among the leaders in this market
This major new investment for an industrial site in France enables the La Mède biorefinery to continue its transformation initiated in 2015. Resolutely focused on low-carbon energies that are growth drivers for TotalEnergies and for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) region, La Mède is an example of successful industrial reconversion, said Bernard Pinatel, Managing Director of Refining-Chemicals unit of TotalEnergies.
