Sasol Climate Change Report 2023 - Book - Page 33
INTRODUCTION
TRANSFORMING FOR RESILIENCE
GOVERNANCE
CLIMATE ADVOCACY AND POLICY
DATA AND ASSURANCE
ENERGY BUSINESS CONTINUED
FEATURE STORY
FEATURE STORY
SASOL IS ENERGY-EFFICIENCY
INDUSTRIAL COMPANY OF THE YEAR
PROGRESSING SASOL’S RENEWABLE ENERGY
INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER PROGRAMME
The South African Energy Efficiency Confederation
(SAEEC) has named Sasol ‘industrial corporate
company of the year’.
Renewable energy is a key lever for reducing Sasol’s GHG emissions and
is a stepping stone to producing products in a more sustainable manner
in Southern Africa.
Polymers plant, Sasolburg, South Africa
Beating a competitive field of blue-chip
companies in the chemicals, mining,
engineering and other industries to win the
coveted award, in 2023 Sasol was cited by the
SAEEC judges for developing and implementing
simple solutions for complex operations.
To decarbonise our operations we identified two concurrent
renewable energy priorities. These are the procurement of
renewables for generating green hydrogen from our pilot project
in Sasolburg and for decarbonisation. Our aim is to procure up to
~1 200MW of renewable energy by 20301.
In November 2022, we signed a long-term PPA with Msenge Emoyeni Wind Farm
for the supply of ~69MW of renewable wind power to our Sasolburg Operations.
Financial close was achieved in March 2023 with operations scheduled to start
early in 2024. This is key to ultimately achieving the scaled production of green
hydrogen from renewable energy sources at Sasolburg, progressing our
post-2030 vision to catalyse a green hydrogen economy.
Sasol’s energy management system has been evolving
since 2005 when we signed the South African Energy
Accord, subsequently endorsing the National Energy
Efficiency Strategy and, in 2018, committing to the
International Energy Productivity 100 (EP100) initiative
to improve energy productivity by 30% by 2030.
As part of the decarbonisation of our South African value chain, we and Air Liquide
signed a number of PPAs to procure a mix of wind and solar PV energy from
various project developers. Subject to the requisite regulatory and financing
approvals, it is expected that these renewable energy projects will be operational
from end-2025 onwards. In total, these PPAs represent more than 600MW
procured for the Secunda site.
Sasol utilises energy-efficiency management practices
according to ISO 50001 guidelines. Key performance
metrics are monitored, analysed and improved, to
achieve both financial and decarbonisation objectives
(see page 31 and 61 on our energy-efficiency initiatives
and performance).
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Msenge Emoyeni wind farm, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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In partnership with Air Liquide, of which 800MW is Sasol’s.