The creation of an RDF cogeneration unit
will drastically reduce CO2 emissions from Solvay's Dombasle soda
ash site
Regulatory News:
Solvay and Veolia (Paris:VIE) are launching the construction
of an industrial energy transition project, "Dombasle Énergie”,
which aims to replace coal with refuse-derived fuel (RDF) for the
production of clean and competitive energy for the historical
Dombasle-sur-Meurthe plant. The project will ensure the plant's
competitiveness and reduce CO2 emissions by 50%.
The project consists of replacing three coal-fired boilers
with a boiler room equipped with two furnaces running on RDF,
produced from waste that cannot be recycled, allowing to halve the
carbon footprint of the industrial activity and stop importing
200,000 tons of coal annually. The Dombasle-sur-Meurthe site will
have a cogeneration unit that uses 350,000 ton of RDF per year,
supplied by Veolia as of 2024.
The new facility, to be built by Solvay and operated by Veolia,
will have a capacity of 181 megawatts (MW) thermal power and 17.5
MW electrical power, which will be reused for the industrial
process. The project will require an investment of €225 million and
is scheduled to come on stream in 2024.
A first in France, Dombasle Énergie will create a circular
economy virtuous loop and in particular:
- Cut the site's environmental footprint (reduction of current
CO2 emissions by approximately 50% or 240,000 tonnes of CO2 per
year);
- Stop the use of fossil fuels by replacing coal imported from
abroad with RDF produced in France, primarily from the Grand Est
region and neighboring regions;
- Create a new outlet for waste that was initially non-recyclable
and which will be transformed into green energy;
- Reduce water usage by 7%.
“A pioneer of industrial ecology, Veolia is once again
positioning itself as a major partner for the industry players to
help them achieve their carbon emission reduction targets”, said
Antoine Frérot, chairman and CEO of Veolia. “We are glad to
take part in this project with a partner like Solvay and contribute
to the decarbonisation of industry as part of the ecological
transformation approach.”
"Our sustainable development roadmap, Solvay One Planet, aims in
particular at carbon neutrality by 2050. To actively contribute to
the emergence of a low-carbon society, we need to transform our
plants to put in place sustainable and competitive alternative
energies. This requires finding partnerships between private and
public actors," says Ilham Kadri, CEO of the Solvay group.
"We are delighted to partner with Veolia on this project which will
enable us to move away from coal in our second soda ash plant,
after Rheinberg in Germany".
"Veolia's objective is to develop a real industrial sector of
the energy recovery of non-recyclable waste materials. Transformed
into solid recovered fuels, this waste makes it possible to produce
energy and heat to replace fossil resources. Dombasle Énergie aims
to replace coal with RDF to supply the Solvay plant with clean
energy in a circular economy and industrial decarbonization
approach." explained Anne Le Guennec, general manager -
recycling and waste valorization, Veolia France.
“This major project secures the future of our historic site and
confirms Solvay's determination to transform the European soda ash
industry, to make it more sustainable and competitive, and better
serve our customers in the long term,” stressed Philippe Kehren,
president of Solvay Soda Ash & Derivatives. “It is driven
by the same momentum as the green energy transition project
developed at our Rheinberg, Germany site."
This conversion of the plant offers a real advantage in the
context of volatile fossil fuel prices and the taxes imposed by
European regulations on the use of coal. This gain in
competitiveness allows the site to be sustained and the employment
pool to be preserved with 1,000 direct and indirect jobs.
This project has benefited from the support of the Grand Est
region and ADEME.
About Solvay
Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to
many aspects of daily life. With more than 23,000 employees in 64
countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent
progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for
all, in particular through its Solvay One Planet plan, which is
based on three pillars: climate protection, resource preservation
and the promotion of better quality of life. The Group's innovative
solutions contribute to the creation of safer, cleaner and more
sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods,
aircraft, cars, batteries, smart devices, medical 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 achieved net turnover of 9 billion euros in
2020. Solvay is listed on the Euronext Brussels and Paris stock
markets (SOLB). To find out more, visit the website
www.solvay.fr.
About the Solvay’s Dombasle soda ash site
Founded in 1873 in Lorraine, the Dombasle plant is one of the
Group's oldest soda ash makers. It produces more than 500 kt/year
of sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, mainly for its local
customers. With a total of 3,200 employees, the Dombasle site and
10 other sites make Solvay one of the world leaders in the
production of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate. Intended for the
glass, detergent and chemical industries, but also for the health,
agri-food, animal feed and flue gas purification markets, its
products and solutions are served in more than 120 countries
About Veolia
The Veolia group aims to be the benchmark company for ecological
transformation. With nearly 179,000 employees worldwide, the Group
designs and deploys game-changing solutions that are both useful
and practical for water, waste and energy management. Through its
three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop
access to resources, preserve available resources, and replenish
them. In 2020, the Veolia group supplied 95 million people with
drinking water and 62 million people with wastewater services,
produced nearly 43 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 47
million metric tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext:
VIE) achieved consolidated turnover of 26.010 billion euros in
2020. www.veolia.com
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