TotalEnergeis SE agreed to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) alongside organic waste and water treatment company Veolia Environnement SA.

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The French companies plan to co-invest in projects that have the potential to produce by 2025 up to 1.5 terawatt-hours/year (TWh/y) of RNG. 

Veolia said it would produce RNG from wastewater and organic waste collected from its treatment facilities in more than 15 countries, while TotalEnergies would market the RNG as a substitute for natural gas. 

“The development of biomethane is part of TotalEnergies’ transformation into a broad energy company, and the deployment of its ambition to be a major player in renewables,” said TotalEnergies’ Stéphane Michele, president of gas, renewables and power. 

The Paris-based integrated major has...