Sasol Chemicals Manufacturing Facility Operating on Green External Power
March 24 2022 - 11:37AM
Business Wire
Wind power agreement makes Brunsbüttel, Germany
complex the company’s first to obtain all external power from
renewable energy
Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol Ltd.
(JSE: SOL; NYSE: SSL), announced today that its Brunsbüttel,
Germany manufacturing facility is obtaining all of its external
electricity from renewable sources.
“This is a significant step toward meeting Sasol Chemicals’
ambitious long-term sustainability objectives,” said Jens
Straatmann, Senior Vice President, Eurasia Chemicals. "The
Brunsbüttel facility is proof that we can obtain all external
electricity for a major manufacturing site from green sources, and
it can serve as a model for other facilities across the
company.”
The recent move to full renewable external power was made
possible by a power purchase agreement with MTB new energy, a
German company that generates wind power at a site in the ChemCoast
Park Brunsbüttel. This wind power adds to green energy already
supplied by local power company Stadtwerke Brunsbüttel as well as
origin-certified electricity from Norwegian hydropower.
This is the latest step in Brunsbüttel’s green transition. In
2014, the plant began receiving 80,000 tons of “green steam”
annually from a local biomass cogeneration facility. It is also
working with MTB and Stadtwerke Brunsbüttel to build a large-scale
photovoltaic system on the site, generating up to 6 million
kilowatts of solar power a year.
Sasol Chemicals has committed to a 30 percent reduction in its
scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Using
renewable energy to power its manufacturing facilities is a key
lever in achieving this ambition, along with process improvements;
investments in energy efficiency; and carbon capture, use and
storage. These goals are part of parent company Sasol Ltd.’s
commitment to net zero by 2050.
Sasol’s Brunsbüttel facility, its largest in Germany, is located
80 kilometres (50 miles) northwest of Hamburg near the Kiel Canal
and produces a broad range of organic and inorganic products. The
site's organic products are used in a range of daily applications
including detergents and cleaning agents, cosmetics and
pharmaceuticals, as well as in various technical applications. The
site’s inorganic products are key components in catalysts,
high-performance abrasives and polymer additives.
About Sasol Chemicals
Sasol Chemicals is a solutions provider focused on
sustainability, circularity and specialties. It fulfills its
purpose of “Innovating for a better world” by offering a broad,
state-of-the-art portfolio of specialty and commodity chemicals for
a wide range of applications and industries.
Our solutions are used by more than 7,500 customers, in 120
countries, in countless products that improve the quality of life
for people around the world. They also provide the building blocks
for a sustainable future by helping reduce energy usage, waste and
packaging, and by providing solutions to the renewable energy
industry.
Sasol Chemicals is a business of Sasol Limited, a leading
chemicals and energy company focused on creating sustainable value
for our stakeholders. For more information, visit
https://www.sasol.com/.
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220324005708/en/
In Germany: Cristina Miranda Zerr Communications Manager Germany
Sasol Chemicals Eurasia Cristina.Miranda-Zerr@de.sasol.com
Sasol (NYSE:SSL)
Historical Stock Chart
From Aug 2024 to Sep 2024
Sasol (NYSE:SSL)
Historical Stock Chart
From Sep 2023 to Sep 2024