Sasol Chemicals German Facility to Double Its Use of Green Steam From First of Its Kind Biomass Cogeneration Facility
August 16 2022 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Steam created from agricultural waste will help
decarbonize chemical production at Brunsbüttel plant
Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol Ltd. (JSE: SOL; NYSE:
SSL), plans to double its use of green steam from a first of its
kind biomass cogeneration facility adjacent to its Brunsbüttel,
Germany facility.
Sasol Chemicals will lease land adjacent to its plant to
Hamburger Energiewerke, Hamburg’s municipal utility, which plans to
build the facility by the end of 2024. When fully operational in
2025, the plant will supply at least 70,000 megawatt hours of steam
to Sasol each year, enabling the company to reduce its CO2
emissions from the plant by approximately 13,000 metric tons
annually. In addition to green steam, the plant will produce more
than 90,000 megawatt hours of sustainable electricity annually.
”This is another important step towards meeting our ambitious
long-term sustainability objectives,” said Jens Straatmann, Senior
Vice President, Eurasia Chemicals. "Increasing the use of green
steam is a key enabler of further reducing our greenhouse gas
emissions and will get us closer to our goal of reducing our scope
1 and scope 2 emissions by 30 percent by 2030.”
The facility will be the first large–scale power generation
plant to operate almost exclusively with well-pressed or dried
fermentation residues. That feedstock will be sourced from plants
that are certified under Germany’s Renewable Energy Sources Act.
The plant will benefit local agriculture because much of this
material is surplus that is currently going to waste; now, it will
become the heat source for the chemical building blocks of products
used in personal care, cleaning and industrial applications.
Since 2014 the Brunsbüttel facility has used green steam from
another nearby biomass facility. The two facilities combined will
be able to supply half of the plant’s steam consumption.
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 the Sasol
Chemicals website.
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Global: Russell Johnson Head of Global Corporate Affairs Sasol
Chemicals russell.johnson@us.sasol.com
In Germany: Sunna Schulz Sr. Manager, Corporate Affairs
Chemicals Eurasia sunna.schulz@de.sasol.com
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