Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy producer Galp has granted engineering, procurement services and construction management (EPsCm) contracts to France-based Technip Energies.

The EPsCm contracts are for an advanced biofuels and a green hydrogen unit in Portugal.

The projects, which will be developed for Galp’s Sines refinery, fall under the company's initiative to minimise the refinery’s and its products’ carbon footprint.

Galp and Mitsui have formed a joint venture to support the advanced biofuels unit. Galp will control 75% of the plant, while Mitsui will possess 25%.

This unit will have a 270 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) capacity. It will generate renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel from bio-feedstock and waste residues, allowing Galp to prevent 800ktpa of greenhouse gas emissions.

Technip Energies will execute the EPsCm project of the biofuel unit in collaboration with Portugal-based engineering company Technoedif Engenharia.

The green hydrogen unit, which consists of a 100MW electrolysis plant, will generate 15ktpa of sustainable hydrogen.

It will use proton exchange membrane electrolysers provided by renewable energy equipment manufacturer Plug Power.

This unit will replace 20% of Sines refinery’s present grey hydrogen usage, resulting in a cut in greenhouse gas emissions of 110ktpa.

Both units’ overall investment is valued at €650m ($689m).

Technip Energies COO Marco Villa said: “Technip Energies, which has been supporting Galp strategy since the early phases of those two projects, is now delighted to be selected as a partner for the execution phase of both. This investment is another example of how Technip Energies enables the decarbonisation of the energy industry through collaboration, innovation and technology integration.”