Sasol Climate Change Report 2023 - Book - Page 9
INTRODUCTION
TRANSFORMING FOR RESILIENCE
GOVERNANCE
CLIMATE ADVOCACY AND POLICY
DATA AND ASSURANCE
PROGRESSING EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE OUR TARGETS CONTINUED
// 2030 TARGET AND NET ZERO AMBITION BY 2050
Low impact
Medium impact
High impact
ACHIEVEMENTS //
SASOL ENERGY
SHORT- TO MEDIUM-TERM
CHALLENGES
UNMITIGATED
IMPACT
Identification of suitable interventions
to address methane leaks at Pande-4 in
Mozambique
MITIGATION
RESIDUAL
IMPACT
Signed a 69MW 20-year wind energy PPA with the
Msenge Emoyeni project (currently under construction)
for the Sasolburg green hydrogen pilot project
• Determining an accurate methane baseline.
• Undertaking satellite monitoring to improve accuracy of emissions data.
• Appointed specialist companies and academics to develop a geological
and flow model for the area to determine suitable interventions.
Securing skills and capabilities
to support our transition
Advanced the pre-feasibility study for the Boegoebaai green
hydrogen export hub project
• Partnering with universities and technical and vocational education
training colleges to create a pipeline of skilled labour.
Signed an MoU with ITOCHU Corporation to jointly study and
develop the green ammonia market
• Providing sponsorships and bursaries to students aligned with the
Future Sasol strategy.
Demonstrated our G4 catalyst’s ability to achieve SAF yields
10% higher than our reference commercial catalyst, through
the CARE-O-SENE programme
• Jointly funding, with the National Research Foundation (NRF), four
university research chairs into clean and sustainable energy.
• Supporting on-the-job training for engineers and scientists.
• Implementing job shadowing opportunities for high school students.
Delays and price increases in United States
virtual PPAs (VPPAs) due to global supply
chain challenges
Jointly, with Air Liquide, signed PPAs for >600MW of
renewable energy
• Sasol Foundation encourages science, technology, engineering and
mathematics fields of study.
Entered into a partnership with ArcelorMittal South Africa
to study green steel production in Saldanha and CCUS
development in Vanderbijlpark
• Exploring further opportunities in skills development and defining
capabilities needed to align with transformation requirements for
Future Sasol.
Commissioned the ~3MW Sasolburg Midlands solar PV
project, to produce our first volumes of green hydrogen from
the Sasolburg green hydrogen pilot project
• Pursuing alternative scope 2 reduction options such as renewable
energy certificates (RECs) and offsetting.
Extended the Mozambique gas plateau from 2026 to 2028 and
discovered additional gas at PT5-C
• Accelerating other mitigation solutions such as CCUS.
• Prioritising projects eligible for Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) incentives.
SASOL CHEMICALS
Received the first solar energy at our Augusta, Italy site
from a VPPA
LONG-TERM
CHALLENGES
Uncertainty over future technology
developments and costs including DAC,
electrolysers and large-scale renewable
energy deployment
UNMITIGATED
IMPACT
MITIGATION
RESIDUAL
IMPACT
• Undertaking proof-of-concept projects.
• Leveraging partnerships, creating JVs and increased R&D collaborations,
funding and resourcing to mature and de-risk technologies.
• Established a venture capital fund to incubate low-carbon start-ups.
• Advocating for the retention of incentives and key enablers that
facilitate the energy transition and technology development.
Access to affordable and sufficient
sustainable carbon feedstocks
• Developing the opportunity to use industrial carbon streams, including
carbon dioxide-rich streams from our own operations.
• Collaborating with suppliers and technology developers to unlock and
create feedstock supplies.
• Collaborating on nature-based solutions with the triple benefits of
generating offsets, social impacts and sustainable feedstocks.
SASOL CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT 2023
Completed CCUS studies for Lake Charles to produce solvents
using carbon dioxide process vent gas
SASOL ecoFT
Announced a 50/50 JV agreement with Topsoe1 for the
production of SAF to exploit our advantaged FT technology
and Topsoe’s reforming and related technologies
Incentives not being in place to assist
with the transition or rapidly falling away
before technology costs come down
1. Subject to approval by the relevant authorities.
Signed several renewable electricity PPAs for Sasol Italy
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Advanced the SkyFuelH2 project with Uniper for
demonstration-scale production of biomass-based SAF
SASOL
Established Sasol Ventures, a corporate venture
capital fund, to advance our decarbonisation ambition