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A NET ZERO AMBITION
Our Energy Business (CONTINUED)
Advancing partnerships
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Why
partnerships?
Partnerships are
fundamental to
achieving our
climate ambition.
We strongly believe
that if society is to
succeed in curbing
climate change, we
have to collaborate.
Our success
depends on creating
an ecosystem
of partners. As
such, we use
a partnership
framework to
direct our efforts.
We aim to be
the nexus for
partnerships across
our operational
value chains by
nurturing existing
partnerships and
fostering new
ones. Our role as an
energy champion
extends to creating
anchor demand for
upstream supply
partnerships and
creating avenues
for green financing.
Our vision
To be fossil-fuel-free
Partnerships across multiple dimensions to achieve our vision
Sustainable
feedstocks
Affordable technology
Biogenic carbon
Green hydrogen
Carbon from air
Our framework
Sasol's needs to achieve Net Zero:
Through our framework, we focus on evaluating our strengths, weaknesses and identified
areas where a compelling value proposition can be offered to and from prospective partners.
We have used this framework to evaluate our recent partnerships, which are delivering valueadding decarbonisation benefits. A set of Sasol needs have been crystallised to help us define
the partnerships we prioritise.
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Successful partnerships to date, aligned to our needs:
Customers
Financing
generation of cost-advantaged energy from renewable sources
production of affordable green hydrogen
supply of affordable sustainable carbon (eg DAC and biomass)
access to low-cost financing instruments
potential to be an off-taker of sustainable products
ability to support development of an enabling and conducive policy framework
Policy and Incentives
Technology
Technology
Feedstocks
Financing
Customers
Policy and Incentives
Proactively evaluating and developing new technology
offerings with disruptive and innovative technology
providers on electrolysis for green hydrogen and CCU
(industrial sources, DAC, etc), to name a few. We are
considering the options to progress CCS through the CGS.
• Feasibility study for 200 MW electrolyser for green
hydrogen (LEN project)
• 420 MW renewable energy supply for the LEN project
• Support of small- to medium-scale modular
PtX solutions, utilising the FT catalyst
• Research on FT catalyst for PtX
• Co-development of PtX facilities
Sustainable
feedstock
partnering
approach
Exploring supply opportunities for biomass as a sustainable
carbon source.
• Strategic partnership to supply biomass in the
Mpumalanga region
• Pursuing biomass supply opportunities for the LEN
project
• Soliciting information related to biomass supply projects
through an RFI process1
Finance
partnership
approach
Targeted opportunities with potential financiers on our
roadmaps.
• Strategic partnership to jointly drive the development of
the hydrogen economy
• Exploring catalytic projects to progress further
Product
marketing
partnership
approach
Leveraging value chain partnership ecosystems to optimise
the cost of producing sustainable products.
• Strategic alliances to jointly evaluate stimulation of the
hydrogen mobility sector in South Africa
Technology
partnership
approach
Partnering
approach for a
conducive policy
environment
Targeted engagements with key governments and
associations to accelerate hydrogen-related policy for greater
climate action.
In South Africa, a market structure and an enabling policy
environment is required, lead by government, however,
private sector participation is critical to drive the pace of
change for mutual benefit.
• Joined the Hydrogen Council and Global Alliance on
Powerfuels, who are major global policy advocates for
hydrogen and PtX-based economies
1. Work is underway and will be reported on in the 2022 Climate Change Report.
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