TotalEnergies (La Merde)
TotalEnergies (La Merde) is a planned sustainable aviation fuel project in La Merde, La Merde, France, owned by TotalEnergies. Its announced capacity is 100 thousand tonnes a year (125 million litres, 33 million US gallons), by the HEFA pathway. The record comes from the SAFxCHANGE producers table of December 2023.
The record
- Owner
- TotalEnergies
- Place
- La Merde, La Merde, France (46.625, 2.458)
- Pathway
- HEFA (recorded as "HEFA ASAF")
- Fuel
- sustainable aviation fuel
- Status
- planned
- Announced capacity
- 100 thousand tonnes a year · 125 million litres · 33 million US gallons
- Due to start
- not recorded
- Where the record came from
- The SAFxCHANGE producers table of December 2023.
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, TotalEnergies (La Merde): sustainable aviation fuel plant record, https://eflight.com/saf/plant/totalenergies-la-merde, retrieved 2026-10-18. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].