Historic England joins TotalEnergies

Historic England, who are tasked with protecting the historic environment of historic buildings and monuments across England, has entered into a Green Gas contract with TotalEnergies Gas & Power as part of the CCS gas framework. The contract (signed in February 2021) means that all Historic England directly controlled supplies of gas will be from UK based green gas producers.

At TotalEnergies, we are aiming to become carbon net zero by 2050 and become one of the world’s largest renewable energy companies by the end of this decade. We already have major renewables projects underway in the UK, with offshore wind farms in England, Scotland, and Wales. Currently, TotalEnergies existing projects have a combined capacity of up to 3 GW, and globally the company aims to have 100 GW of generating capacity by 2030.

Daniel Schouten, Framework Manager for TotalEnergies Gas & Power, said:

“At TotalEnergies Gas & Power we’re committed to helping our customers become carbon net zero, so we’re delighted to be able to support Historic England’s drive to reducing their carbon footprint across all their sites via the CCS framework.”

We are facing a global climate crisis and the UK has committed to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by no later than 2050. Historic England recognises the urgent need for positive action and is committed to achieving net zero by 2040. This plan sets out our baseline and our approach to achieving this.

David Drewe, Head of Engineering and Emergency Planning for Historic England, said:

“while government carbon reporting does not allow us to currently claim such tariffs as zero carbon on our GGC reporting We are delighted that we have signed this contract as it remains an important  signal of our the intent as an organisation to meet our carbon reduction obligations and to support energy suppliers to invest in more renewable energy to meet demand.

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