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TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) is developing a
100% renewable fuel for motorsport competition, to be introduced
from next season at the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC),
including the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2022, and at the European Le Mans
Series (ELMS).
Competition is a key driver for innovation: the extreme
constraints met in endurance racing --race duration and high
mileage- are constantly pushing for the development of
higher-performance fuels, which however must also address nowadays
the new challenges posed by the energy and environmental
transition.
This 100% renewable fuel to be offered by TotalEnergies will be
produced on bioethanol basis*, made from wine residues from the
French agricultural industry, and from ETBE produced at
TotalEnergies' Feyzin refinery near Lyon (France) from feedstock
also sourced from by the circular economy. This fuel should allow
an immediate reduction of at least 65% of the racing cars' CO(2)
emissions.
Named "Excellium Racing 100", this fuel opens a new chapter in
the Endurance racing and motorsport energy transition for all the
actors involved. It will have all the required qualities for a
racing fuel and will meet automakers' requirements, as well as the
latest FIA criteria for sustainable fuels, by leveraging the
expertise of TotalEnergies Additives and Fuels Solutions. This team
has notably designed "Excellium Endurance", the fuel used this year
for the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2021 which already includes 10% of
advanced bioethanol.
"Our ambition is to be a major player in the energy transition
and to get to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, together with
society," declared Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of
TotalEnergies. "TotalEnergies is supporting its customers and
partners in their evolutions, by thus applying its strategy to
motorsport: sustainable liquid fuels, electricity, batteries,
hybridization, hydrogen... Advanced biofuels have an undeniable
part to play in helping the transport sector to reduce its CO2
emissions immediately. This 100% renewable fuel, that will be made
available in motor racing as soon as 2022, is a perfect
illustration. As we are becoming a broad energy company, the racing
track is more than ever an open-air laboratory for
TotalEnergies."
Jean Todt, FIA President, said: "Endurance racing, by its
nature, has always served as an excellent research and development
platform and it is an important milestone to have the FIA World
Endurance Championship switching to 100% sustainable fuel. It's
FIA's major goal to implement sustainable energy sources across its
portfolio of motor sport disciplines, thus paving the way in the
reduction of CO emission, perfectly reflecting our race-to-road
strategy as well as the FIA's PurposeDriven movement."
Pierre Fillon, President of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest said:
"Increasing awareness of social and environmental matters over the
last few years has led the motor racing world to focus deeply on
these issues. The 24 Hours of Le Mans has been an experimental
playground for innovation ever since the first race in 1923 and
this exciting new development is in perfect continuity with our
founding principles. Our long-standing partner TotalEnergies
channels its expertise into developing sustainable solutions. This
new, fully renewable fuel is testament to our wholehearted
commitment to CSR. When it comes to sustainable development, we
continue to step up to the bar, delivering our promise to play our
part in sustainable mobility."
Frédéric Lequien, FIA WEC & ELMS CEO, commented: "It is
extremely encouraging that TotalEnergies is paving the way for
others and creating a 100% renewable fuel. I firmly believe that
the WEC and ELMS are the ideal playground for TotalEnergies in
order to trial its new innovative Excellium Racing 100 fuel.
Endurance racing is the ultimate test for all road-related products
and we are delighted that TotalEnergies has chosen our
championships and Le Mans to help launch this cutting-edge new
creation."
Since 2018, TotalEnergies is the partner and official fuel
supplier of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (A.C.O.), creator and
organizer of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. TotalEnergies share common
values with the ACO : pioneering spirit and taste for performance.
Since their beginning, the 24 Hours of Le Mans are a laboratory for
automotive development : security, evolution of motorizations and
fuels, aerodynamism, fuels consumption reduction,
hybridation...
The forthcoming introduction of a 100% renewable fuel will
complete this partnership between TotalEnergies and the ACO in the
promotion of new energies. Hydrogen partner of the ACO the H24
Racing team, TotalEnergies a designed and build the first mobile
hydrogen filling station, to support Mission H24 in the competition
it is engaged in.
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About TotalEnergies
TotalEnergies is a broad energy company that produces and
markets energies on a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas
and green gases, renewables and electricity. Our 105,000 employees
are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, clean,
reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in
more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development
in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations
to contribute to the well-being of people.
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* This bioethanol or advanced ethanol is an agricultural
by-product. It is made from residues from the wine industry, such
as wine lees and grape pomace. Following several steps (industrial
fermentation, distillation then dehydration), this base is then
blended with ETBE (Ethyl Tertio Butyl Ether), itself a byproduct
made from ethanol, and with several performance additives issued
from the Excellium technology developed by TotalEnergies.
TotalEnergies Contacts
Media Relations: +33 1 47 44 46 99 l presse@totalenergies.com l
@TotalEnergiesPress
Investor Relations: +44 (0)207 719 7962 l
ir@totalenergies.com
Automobile Club de l'Ouest Contact
Jean-Baptiste Schmidt l jb.schmidt@lemans.org l +33 (0)6 12 27
71 01
FIA WEC Contact
Rachel Cavers l r.cavers@fiawec.com l 44 (0)7500 877 304
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