據鉆機地帶1月13日報道，法國超級能源巨頭道達爾能源在法國啟動了其第18個沼氣生產裝置，這將是法國最大的沼氣生產裝置，最大產能為160吉瓦時。

這個位于法國西南部的穆倫克斯(Mourenx)，以有機廢物為原料，名為BioBéarn的新裝置，已開始向Téréga運營的天然氣輸送網絡輸送首批生物甲烷(一種可再生的、脫碳的、當地生產的氣體)。

2023年其產能將達69吉瓦時，然后逐步增加，以跟上快速增長的沼氣需求。

表明道達爾能源致力于促進循環經濟的該項目，將每年將22萬噸有機廢物轉化為20萬噸沼液（一種天然肥料）和160吉瓦時生物甲烷，相當于32000人的平均年消費量。

BioBéarn將使Lacq流域（一個歷史悠久的天然氣地區）實現本地和可持續的增長，這一新裝置每年將避免排放32000噸二氧化碳。

BioBéarn的開發始于2016年，涉及所有當地利益相關者，包括來自農業和食品行業、當地社區等200多人，使該項目能夠適應該地區的需求和潛力。

道達爾很自豪能夠使用法國最大的沼氣裝置，并感謝所有項目利益相關者的支持。這座新工廠是道達爾致力于推廣沼氣的一部分，沼氣是一種加強國家能源主權和循環經濟發展的清潔氣體。

道達爾沼氣業務部副總裁Olivier Guerrini宣布，該項目使道達爾的沼氣生產能力提高到700吉瓦時，是實現到2030年達到20太瓦時目標的新一步。

郝芬 譯自 鉆機地帶

原文如下：

TotalEnergies Launches 18th Biogas Production Unit

French supermajor TotalEnergies has launched its eighteenth biogas production unit in France, which will be the largest in the country with a maximum capacity of 160 GWh.

Named BioBéarn and located in Mourenx in the south-west of France, this new unit, fed with organic waste, has begun feeding its first cubic meters of biomethane – a renewable, decarbonized and locally produced gas – into the natural gas transmission network operated by Téréga.

It will produce 69 GWh in 2023 and then ramp up progressively to keep pace with the rapidly growing demand for biogas.

The project, which illustrates TotalEnergies' commitment to promoting the circular economy, will convert 220,000 metric tons of organic waste into 200,000 metric tons per year of digestate, a natural fertilizer, and 160 GWh of biomethane, equivalent to the average annual consumption of 32,000 people.

BioBéarn will enable the Lacq basin, a historical gas area, to pursue a local and sustainable growth, this new unit allowing to avoid the emission of 32 000 tons of CO2 per year.

The development of BioBéarn began in 2016 and involved all local stakeholders, including over 200 from farming and the food industry, the local community,allowing the project to adapt to the needs and potential of the territory.

“TotalEnergies is proud to commission France's largest biogas unit and would like to thank all project stakeholders for their support. This new plant is part of TotalEnergies' commitment to promote biogas, a clean gas that strengthens the country's energy sovereignty and the development of the circular economy.”

“This project allows TotalEnergies to increase its production capacity to 700 GWh in biogas and is a new step in the objective to reach 20 TWh by 2030," declared Olivier Guerrini, Vice President of Biogas Business Unit at TotalEnergies.