Esseco Industrial 2025 Energy Mix: Driving a More Sustainable Chemical Industry

In 2025, Esseco Industrial continues to strengthen its energy strategy through a long-term industrial approach based on structural investments, energy efficiency, self-generation and long-term renewable energy agreements.

In detail, the 2025 energy mix across the four Italian production sites of Altair Chemical and Esseco Srl is composed of:

• 27.5% hydroelectric power plants
• 20.3% photovoltaic energy (on-site, off-site and PPA)
• 20.2% high-efficiency cogeneration systems
• 6.5% CO₂-free steam turbines
• 25.5% other market energy sources

Behind these figures lies an integrated energy model combining:

• renewable energy generated through long-term investments and renewable energy agreements;
• efficient self-generation through high-efficiency cogeneration systems installed at production sites;
• energy recovery through steam turbines capable of generating power without additional emissions by recovering process heat.

This is further supported by participation in the national Energy Release mechanism, introduced to strengthen the competitiveness of Italian energy-intensive industries and accelerate the development of renewable energy sources.

The scheme provides a 36-month advance supply of renewable electricity from the Italian Energy Services Manager (GSE) at a predefined price. In return, participating companies—or third-party developers on their behalf—commit to building new renewable energy plants, with the advanced energy being repaid over the following 20 years through the electricity generated by those facilities.

Thanks also to the Guarantees of Origin associated with the Energy Release mechanism applied to the electricity consumed at our Italian sites, Esseco Industrial now reaches 78% renewable energy and 87% CO₂-free energy—a particularly significant achievement for an energy-intensive industrial holding company.

These results are not a finish line, but confirmation of a clear industrial vision: combining competitiveness, energy independence and sustainability through concrete actions and long-term investments.