CMA CGM Group is one of the partners in the Jupiter 1000 industrial demonstration project piloted by GRTgaz, a French gas transmission system operator, in Fos-sur-Mer.
The aim of this innovative installation is the production of green hydrogen from renewable energy sources and e-methane, a synthetic gas that uses this type of hydrogen and CO2 that is bound by the industrial process.
Since its participation in the project, CMA CGM has aimed to further accelerate the pace of its fleet transition to “green” fuels.
With Jupiter 1000, GRTgaz intends to convert some of its renewable energy, in periods of abundance, into low carbon energy (hydrogen and e-methane), so that it can be stored on a large scale and for long periods.
The first electrolyzer to produce hydrogen from water and renewable power injected hydrogen into GRTgaz’s gas transmission network in February 2020.
In early November 2021, a second electrolyzer, using a different technology than the previous one, was also put into service.
In addition to producing hydrogen, Jupiter 1000 also recycles CO2 by converting it to synthetic gas, recycling it with hydrogen into a methanisation unit.
The hydrogen methanation facilities are scheduled to become operational in June 2022.
The Jupiter 1000 demonstrator project benefits from the know-how of many partners. Compagnie Nationale du Rhône generates renewable energy, RTE handles power transmission, McPhy supplies electrolyzers, Leroux & Lotz captures and stores CO2, Khimod handles the methanation process, CEA-Liten is piloting the trials, GRTgaz and Teréga supply the green gas to the conventional gas network and the port of Marseille houses the project. CMA CGM contributes with its expertise in shipping and logistics.
By providing access to the results of green hydrogen production, methanation and CO2 capture, the Jupiter 1000 will enable CMA CGM to accelerate the development of the synthetic methane production sector, a key fuel for the decarbonisation of its operations.
In this way, it will be able to more easily achieve its goal of zero carbon emissions by 2050.
CMA CGM already has 28 “e-methane ready” dual-fuel container vessels and will have a total of 44 vessels of this type in service by the end of 2024.
“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,” said Christine Cabau Woehrel, executive vice-president of CMA CGM Group.
