MOSCOW (MRC) -- Solvay is aiming to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at its soda ash plant in Devnya, Bulgaria by 20% from November by adapting an existing boiler, said the company.
Solvay said it will adapt an existing boiler to increase the co-combustion rate by powering it with 30% of biomass - resulting in a one-fifth reduction in emissions. "The biomass will come from a variety of sources, including locally-sourced sunflower husk pellets," said Solvay. The facility is currently powered by thermal coal.
Solvay is also looking to increase green energy supply at its soda ash plant in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, France after forming a joint venture with waste management firm Veolia. CO2 emissions at the facility are expected to be halved.
In 2020, Solvay said it will phase out coal at its soda ash plant in Rheinberg, Germany the “world's first soda ash plant to be powered primarily” by renewable energy.
As MRC informed earlier, in August, 2020, through the acquisition of the Solvay polyamide (PA) business, BASF enhanced its R&D capabilities in Asia Pacific with new technologies, technical expertise, and upgraded material and part testing services. BASF is planning to integrate the R&D centers from Solvay into its R&D existing facilities in Shanghai, China, and Seoul, Korea. The enhanced capabilities will boost BASF’s position as a solution provider to develop advanced material solutions for key industries.
We remind that BASF-YPC, a 50-50 joint venture of BASF and Sinopec, undertook a planned shutdown at its naphtha cracker on 30 April 2020. The company initially planned to start turnaround at the cracker on April 5, 2020. The plant remained under maintenance unitl 18 June, 2020. Located in Jiangsu, China, the cracker has an ethylene capacity of 750,000 mt/year and propylene capacity of 400,000 mt/year.
Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. With more than 24,100 employees in 64 countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet plan crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering better life. The Group’s innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world’s top three companies for the vast majority of its activities and delivered net sales of EUR10.2 billion in 2019. Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels (SOLB) and Paris and in the United States, where its shares (SOLVY) are traded through a Level I ADR program.
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