By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, July 8, 2022
French shipping line CMA CGM and Engie have announced plans to co-invest in the production of 200,000 tons of renewable gas by 2028 for the needs of CMA CGM and the shipping industry.
French companies are looking to build a facility in the port of Le Havre to produce 11,000 tons of biomethane a year using wood waste, they said in a statement.
This green fuel could eventually replace the fossil-based liquefied natural gas that powers its fleet of container ships. Currently there are 30 units; this should increase to 77 ships in just over four years.
Act I of this pas de deux with Engie, outlined last year under the auspices of the “coalition for tomorrow’s energy”, should materialize in a co-investment of 150 million euros in a first pyrogasification facility.
The final decision will not be made until the end of this year, but the two groups, which will be the majority shareholders, plan to produce 11,000 tons of second-generation biomethane from “wood waste and recovered solid fuels with gradual start-up from 2026.”
The Salamander Project, named after this small animal that is said to cross flames unharmed, the plant will incorporate on a large scale the technology tested since 2017 by Catherine Mac Gregor’s group at the Gaya experimental platform located in Saint Fons in the Rhone.
This material from the EsEuro portal has been edited for clarity, style and length.
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