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CMA CGM partners with green hydrogen production demonstratorCMA CGM partners with green hydrogen production demonstrator

CMA CGM has become a partner of the Jupiter 1000 project, a demonstrator in Fos-sur-Mer set to produce green hydrogen and e-methanol from renewable energy.

Gary Howard, Middle East correspondent

May 10, 2022

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Jupiter 1000 is a pilot project by GRTgaz which aims to use renewable energy in times of surplus to create low-carbon hydrogen and e-methane as a means of energy storage. The system also uses CO2 captured at a local steel plant to create e-methanol, recycling the greenhouse gas instead of venting it to atmosphere.

CMA CGM has backed LNG as a transitional fuel in its decarbonisation journey, meaning it has 29 e-methane read duel-fuel vessels in service and will have 44 by the end of 2024.

Christine Cabau Woehrel, Executive Vice-President of the CMA CGM Group, in charge of Industrial Assets and Operations, said: “The Jupiter 1000 project is of great interest to the CMA CGM Group as part of our efforts to find very low-carbon new fuel sources. To help us meet our Net zero target by 2050, we are resolutely committed to searching for and industrializing innovative non-fossil fuel gas solutions, with biomethane and synthetic methane.

“The Jupiter 1000 project will give us access to one of the first demonstrator projects of the kind. Moreover, it is located at Fos-sur-Mer, where we recently completed our first LNG bunkering operations. We intend to support the potential emergence of a whole new industry.”

The first electrolyser at Jupiter 1000 injected hydrogen into GRTgaz’s network in 2020, joined by a second unit using a different technology in November 2021. Hydrogen methanation facilities will be commission in June 2022.

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“The interest shown by the likes of CMA CGM, a world leader in shipping and logistics, represents a major endorsement of the renewable and low-carbon gas industry’s credibility and of its efforts to rise to the challenges posed by the energy transition. CMA CGM, which has a clear vision for the future of the shipping industry, will help us to scale up the industrial performance of the technologies we are triallin,” said Thierry Trouvé, CEO of GRTgaz.

About the Author

Gary Howard

Middle East correspondent

Gary Howard is the Middle East Correspondent for Seatrade Maritime News and has written for Seatrade Cruise, Seatrade Maritime Review and was News Editor at Lloyd’s List. Gary’s maritime career started after catching the shipping bug during a research assignment for the offshore industry. Working out of Seatrade's head office in the UK, he also produces and contributes to conference programmes for Seatrade events including CMA Shipping, Seatrade Maritime Logistics Middle East and Marintec. 

Gary’s favourite topics within the maritime industry are decarbonisation and wind-assisted propulsion; he particularly enjoys reporting from industry events.

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