- The 220 MW wind-powered renewable electricity production capacity will be operational in 2025. This agreement is subject to regulatory and financial approvals.
- These PPAs are the first results of the Request for Proposal (RFP) process launched jointly by Air Liquide and Sasol in April 2021 to procure a total capacity of 900 MW of renewable energy.
Air Liquide and Sasol have signed two Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with Enel Green Power for the long-term supply of a total capacity of 220 MW of renewable power to Sasol’s Secunda site in South Africa, where Air Liquide operates the biggest oxygen production site in the world. These PPAs are the first results of the Request for Proposal (RFP) process launched jointly by Air Liquide and Sasol in April 2021 to procure a total capacity of 900 MW of renewable energy. They will significantly contribute to the decarbonization of the Secunda site, and in particular to the targeted reduction by 30 % to 40 % of the CO2 emissions associated with oxygen production by 2031.
Within the framework of these agreements with Air Liquide and Sasol, two local majority-owned wind projects will be created by Enel Green Power, the Enel Group subsidiary dedicated to developing and managing power generated from renewable resources worldwide. The 220 MW wind-powered renewable electricity production capacity will be operational in 2025. This agreement is subject to regulatory and financial approvals.
Ronnie Chalmers, Vice President and Executive Committee Member of the Air Liquide Group, in charge of Africa Middle East & India, said: “By signing these long-term PPAs with Enel Green Power, Air Liquide and Sasol actively support the development of renewable energies in South Africa, for the benefit of the South African electrical power system and the fight against global warming”. Also, Priscillah Mabelane, Executive Vice President of Sasol’s Energy Business, said: “Sasol’s Renewable Energy Programme is aligned to the government’s REIPPP programme and plays a key role in creating alternative sources of energy for grid expansion to address South Africa’s current energy capacity constraints. Our work in the renewable energy space to secure PPA partners demonstrates Sasol’s real progress towards its decarbonization and, ultimately, the development of a green economy.”