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INTRODUCTION
TRANSFORMING FOR RESILIENCE
GOVERNANCE
CLIMATE ADVOCACY AND POLICY
DATA AND ASSURANCE
CHEMICALS BUSINESS CONTINUED
EURASIAN OPERATIONS
Scope 1 and 2
~1,1 MtCO2e
Low-carbon feedstocks
(biomass, hydrogen
and natural gas)
Renewable
electricity
Process
and energy
efficiency
-20%
Scope 1 and 2
~0,9 MtCO2e
The key elements of the GHG emission reduction roadmap
EURASIAN OPERATIONS
Reduction programme centres around:
" Renewable electricity in Italy,
Germany and China
" Energy and process efficiency
3 Digitalisation and advanced
process control tools, including AI
2017
2026
Baseline
Milestone
" Low carbon utilities and feedstocks
3 Biomass-based steam supply and
transition to natural gas
" CCUS
3 Develop opportunity landscape
The Eurasian Operations have focused
on improvements to their GHG
baseline, including removing divested
assets and best practice accounting
improvements. The net result has been
an increase in emissions, which are
being addressed through identification
of additional mitigation opportunities.
Renewable electricity
Low-carbon utilities and feedstocks
To date, PPAs with an estimated CO2e reduction of
75 ktpa CO2e (57,6 ktpa CO2e in calendar year 2022
and a further 18 ktpa CO2e in calendar year 2023)
have been concluded. A new framework contract for
electricity supply to the Marl, Germany site, which
allows for the inclusion of PPAs, has also been
concluded. Additional PPAs for the Italian sites are
under negotiation; these will deliver further scope 2
reductions.
Energy and process efficiency
Energy and process efficiency improvements are
being evaluated at all sites. Priority focus areas are
digitalisation and advanced process control tools as
well as AI. The Augusta, Italy paraffin resizing and
electrification project (inclusive of a 12MW solar park)
is on track for feasibility approval in 2024. This
project has also been submitted for state funding.
It is expected that the cost of emissions trading
certificates, under the European Union9s Emissions
Trading System (ETS), will increase following the
announcement of free allocation reductions from
2026 to 2032. These developments are driving
accelerated direct scope 1 reductions.
Biomass-based steam supply to the Sasol Chemicals
Brunsbüttel site has been in place for several years.
To advance our decarbonisation plans, a new supply
agreement for the provision of additional biomassbased steam was concluded in June 2022. The
agreement will enable a further 15 ktpa CO2e
reduction. A new biomass-based steam powerplant,
to be sited next to the Brunsbüttel site, will be
operational in 2025.
Steam supply from Evonik to the Marl site is planned
to switch from a coal-fired power plant to natural
gas, to reduce emissions by ~70 ktpa CO2e. This
transition was scheduled to occur in 2023 but was
postponed by one to two years due to the RussiaUkraine war.
CCUS
In April 2021, Sasol Italy and Sonatrach Raffineria
Italiana announced a plan to collaborate on hydrogen
production projects. The 9Hybla Project9, is currently
in feasibility and is expected to produce low-carbon
hydrogen and syngas from renewable energy to
decarbonise processes at the two production sites in
Augusta and Sicily, and potentially meet additional
needs in the region.
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