La Mède Complex (Châteauneuf-les-Martigues)
La Mède Complex (Châteauneuf-les-Martigues) is an operating renewable diesel plant in Châteauneuf-les-Martigues, France, owned by TotalEnergies. Its announced capacity is 500 thousand tonnes a year (625 million litres, 165 million US gallons), by the Co-processing pathway. It has been operating since 2019. The record was read from the news by the reader (totalenergies.com, June 1, 2023) and settled by rule; it has not been checked by a person.
The record
- Owner
- TotalEnergies
- Place
- Châteauneuf-les-Martigues, France
- Pathway
- Co-processing
- Fuel
- renewable diesel
- Status
- operating
- Announced capacity
- 500 thousand tonnes a year · 625 million litres · 165.1 million US gallons
- Operating since
- 2019
- Where the record came from
- Read from the news by the reader: The La Mède Complex: A Facility for the Energies of Tomorrow (totalenergies.com, 2023-06-01); settled by rule, not yet checked by a person.
- Notes
- read from the news on 2026-10-16; not yet checked
Other plants and projects recorded with TotalEnergies
| Plant | Where | Status | Capacity, thousand tonnes a year | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Mède Complex (Châteauneuf-les-Martigues) | Châteauneuf-les-Martigues, France | operating | 500 | 2019 |
| TotalEnergies (Grandpuits) | Grandpuits, France | under construction | 285 | 2026 |
| TotalEnergies (La Merde) | La Merde, France | planned | 100 |
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Capacity is as announced, a year, with tonnes counted at 0.8 kilograms per litre; a plant's own figure may differ. A record "settled by rule" was read from an article by the reader and checked only against the site's rules (a plausible size, a real owner, no duplicate), not by a person. Cite as: eFlight SAFxCHANGE, La Mède Complex (Châteauneuf-les-Martigues): sustainable aviation fuel plant record, https://eflight.com/saf/plant/la-m-de-complex-ch-teauneuf-les-martigues-france, retrieved 2026-10-19. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].