Air Liquide (AL) and Sasol recently announced that they have signed two Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with Enel Green Power for the long-term supply of a total capacity of 220㎿ of renewable power to Sasol’s Secunda site, in South Africa.

Within the framework, two local majority owned wind projects will be created by Enel Green Power. The 220㎿ wind powered renewable electricity production capacity is scheduled to be operational in 2025.

These PPAs are the first results of the Request for Proposal (RFP) process launched jointly by AL and Sasol in April, 2021, for the procurement of a total capacity of 900㎿ 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 the oxygen production by 2031.

AL operates a total of 17 ASUs in Secunda, with a total capacity of 47,000 tonnes/day of oxygen.