DECARBONIZE ENERGY PRODUCTION (SCOPES 1 AND 3)
The GHG emissions related to ENGIE’s energy production (electricity, heating and cooling) have decreased by 44% since 2017 over
all of scope 1 (direct emissions associated with fully and proportionately consolidated assets) and scope 3 (indirect emissions
associated with ENGIE equity associates). This represents 74% of the reduction target to reach 43 Mt CO
2
eq. in 2030 versus 2017.
Four primary levers are used: the phase-out
from coal, the reduction of the gas-fired
power plants (closure of several plants at
the end of life), the reduction in the utilization
time of gas assets (reduction of the load
factors) and the decarbonization of
the heating networks.
Between 2017 and 2022, thermal
generation (coal and gas) fell by 22%
(-35 TWh). In 2030, gas-fired power plants
in Europe will act primarily as flexible
capacity to support the development
of renewable energy.
The Group currently estimates that the
Ukrainian crisis accelerated the decreases
in the use of fossil gas and the utilization
rate of our power plants over the 2025-2030
period; the uncertainties related to the
evolution of the energy system make any
increase in the 2030 targets difficult at
this stage.
The strong growth in the centralized
renewable fleet, as a replacement for
thermal assets, plays an essential role in
the Group’s decarbonization and enabled
a reduction from 343 gCO
2
eq. / kWh to
216 gCO
2
eq. / kWh in the carbon intensity
of the energy production (scopes 1+3)
between 2017 and 2022. This is ENGIE’s
first decarbonization lever and will count
for around half of the decrease in carbon
intensity over the 2017-2030 period.
Moreover, in 2022, renewable energy and
recovery energy represented more than
50% of the energy mix of ENGIE’s large
heating networks and industrial services
in France.
Three main levers are used the end of
coal sales since 2017 the reduction in
gas sales related to energy sufficiency
energy efficiency and the transfer to other
energy vectors as well as the greening of
sales biomethane and hydrogen This last
lever will become more important between
2022 and 2030 before becoming the first
decarbonization lever between 2030
and 2045 All the reductions in sales
volumes between 2017 and 2022 have
been replaced by the development of
renewable electricity sales
DECARBONIZE THE USE OF THE SOLD PRODUCTS (GAS SALES)
GHG emissions linked to the use of the sold products (sales of fuels, primarily natural gas) have fallen by 23% since 2017.
This represents 66% of the reduction target to reach 52 Mt CO
2
eq. in 2030 versus 2017.
DECARBONIZE IN THE LONG TERM
20302045
Over the longer term the Group will
continue to use all the levers presented
and is targeting a reduction of at
least 90 in its absolute emissions
compared to 2017 across all scopes
Massive use of renewable gases
biomethane renewable hydrogen etc
will progressively become the Groups
primary decarbonization lever with
renewable electricity capacity ahead
of the overall reduction of fossil gas
To a lesser extent carbon capture CCS
technologies will help the Group to
achieve its 2045 targets
To become competitive renewable
gases will have to benefit from public
support the creation of partnerships
and market mechanisms in order to
scale up these new energy vectors
This will also imply an adaptation of
existing gas networks in order to achieve
the goal in the case of France of
100 renewable gases in the transport
and distribution networks in 2050
CHANGE IN GHG EMISSIONS RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION TO 2030 (SCOPES 1+3)
E m i s s i o n s i n M t C O2 e q.
Coal
phase-out
Coal
phase-out
Coal
phase-out
Gas
portfolio
reduction
Gas portfolio
(reduction)
and greening
Greening
of fuels
Gas
portfolio
reduction
Gas plants
load
factors
reduction
2017
107
2022
60
2045
Net
Zero
74% OF 2030
REDUCTION
TARGET
REACHED
IN 2022
-44%
2025
61
2030
43
CHANGE IN GHG EMISSIONS RELATED TO THE USE OF SOLD PRODUCTS TO 2030 (SCOPE 3)
Coal
phaseout
Reduction
in gas sales
Reduction
in gas sales
Green gases
sales
Green gases
sales
Green gases
sales
2045
Net
Zero
2017
80
2022
61
E m i s s i o n s i n M t C O2 e q.
66% OF 2030
REDUCTION
TARGET
REACHED
IN 2022
-23%
2025
60
2030
52
2023 INTEGRATED REPORT - 69