For several years, Esseco Industrial has embarked on an energy transition path by investing in the production of electricity and using energy sources that do not release carbon dioxide, such as hydroelectric, photovoltaic, process steam, and hydrogen.
The long journey towards sustainable chemistry cannot ignore, first of all, the reduction of consumption and the efforts made in the wake of the energy transition. Esseco Industrial has made a series of investments that allow it to exceed 50% renewable energy and reach 65% CO2-free energy.
The “energy pie” of Esseco Industrial’s Italian plants can count on two owned hydroelectric plants – Ceppo Morelli (10.8 MW) and Megolo (6.6 MW) – from which about 60,000 MWh/year come; photovoltaic from on-site plants (350 MWh/year) and off-site facilities in Sicily, Lazio and Abruzzo under the Renewability Project (14,688 MWh/year); term supply contracts (PPA, Power Purchase Agreement) in Lazio (43,800 MWh/year); process steam used in the plants for over forty years through two turbines (6.7 MWe) and three cogeneration plants (7.8 MWe).
Ceppo Morelli Hydroelectric Plant 10.8 MW (Altair Chemical Pieve)
Megolo Hydroelectric Plant 6.6 MW (Altair Chemical Pieve)
Gas Turbine Cogenerator with CCU 4.6 MW (Altair Chemical Saline)
Methane Cogenerator 2 MW (Altair Chemical Saline)
Rooftop Photovoltaic Plants 350 MWh/year (Altair Chemical Saline)
PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) with solar plant in Lazio 43,800 MWh/year (Altair Chemical Saline)
Renewability Project with photovoltaic plants in Lazio-Abruzzo for 12,000 MWh/year (Altair Chemical Saline)
Over time, with the acquisition of assets and strategic investments, the use of green energy has increased from (missing number) % to 54%.
The companies of Esseco Industrial produce hydrogen, an important energy element that in turn contributes to the decarbonization of thermal energy.
Its production has a limited impact as it is mainly produced from green electricity. Thanks to its hydroelectric plants, the Pieve Vergonte (VB) plant is 100% green.
To enhance this resource, a boiler that generates steam and can burn hydrogen and methane in proportions depending on the instantaneous availability has been designed and installed. The careful reuse of it (about 35%) reduces the use of methane and favors an almost complete use of the available hydrogen. This process thus allows saving significant quantities of methane per year.
