TotalEnergies covers 60% of its refining sites' electricity needs with EDF
Signed on 27 March 2026, this 12-year contract starts on 1 January 2028 for requirements estimated at 400 MW.
On 27 March 2026, Patrick Pouyanné, chairman and chief executive officer of TotalEnergies, and Bernard Fontana, chairman and chief executive officer of the EDF group, signed a Nuclear Production Allocation Contract with a term of twelve years, starting on 1 January 2028.
EDF will allocate to TotalEnergies a share of the capacity of its operating nuclear fleet. This share will cover around 60% of the requirements of the group's refining and chemicals sites in France, estimated at 400 MW.
The contract allows TotalEnergies to benefit from the competitiveness of nuclear generation, and EDF to share the risks and costs associated with the variability of that generation. EDF remains solely responsible for operating its assets.
Refining and chemicals are among the most electro-intensive activities in French industry. Their progressive electrification, replacing fossil-fuel thermal processes, further increases that requirement.
The growing number of these long-term contracts between the nuclear generator and industrial firms is shaping the new financing model for generation investment: contractual visibility over several decades replaces regulated access.