萨比克将建全球首个使用100%可再生能源发电厂

据油气新闻网站7月29日消息 在签署一项重大协议后，沙特基础工业公司在西班牙卡塔赫纳的聚碳酸酯工厂将成为全球首个完全依靠可再生能源运营的大型化工生产基地。

该协议将使世界最大的电力公用事业公司之一的伊贝德罗拉公司投资近7000万欧元（8200万美元），在沙特基础工业公司所有的土地上建造一座100兆瓦太阳能光伏发电厂，拥有26.3万块电池板，使其成为欧洲最大的工业可再生能源发电厂。该工厂预计将于2024年全面投产。

这项为期25年的协议是沙特基础工业公司向清洁能源转型的又一里程碑。沙特基础工业公司的目标是到2025年全球风电或太阳能装机容量达到4吉瓦，到2030年达到12吉瓦。2019年，沙特基础工业公司在印度和泰国的场地安装了太阳能电池板，有助于减少200吨温室气体排放，沙特基础工业公司位于沙特阿拉伯利雅得的创新之家自2015年起就已完全采用太阳能发电。

沙特基础工业公司可持续发展、技术与创新副总裁兼首席技术官兼首席执行官鲍勃·毛恩表示：“与伊贝德罗拉达成的这一突破性协议是朝着实现我们的长期可持续性和清洁能源目标迈出的重要一步。这种合作关系是我们业务增长模式的基石。卡塔赫纳的太阳能光伏发电厂表明，沙特基础工业公司继续推动化学工业的可持续发展议程，并且有可能实现如此大规模的转型。”

“近年来，可再生能源技术的许多突破使这种规模的部署成为可能。我们对技术和创新的承诺意味着我们将永远是早期采用者，而我们现在正处于进行这一变革的最佳位置。新的光伏发电厂将每年减少8万吨的间接二氧化碳排放量，并进一步加强我们对欧盟2030年等更广泛的气候变化倡议的支持和贡献，以及我们与联合国可持续发展目标的一致性。”

一旦太阳能发电厂投产，沙特基础工业公司的客户，包括汽车和建筑行业的客户，将能够获得100%可再生能源生产的聚碳酸酯解决方案，进一步满足客户和消费者在日益碳中和的世界中对更可持续解决方案的需求。

伊贝德罗拉公司客户全球总监I?igo Alonso解释说：“这些伙伴关系提高了可再生能源的竞争力，并继续为发展创新项目创造机会，这些项目正在改变能源的当前和未来。长期能源采购合同为投资提供了稳定性，已成为管理主要消费者电力供应的最佳工具，致力于清洁和可持续能源。”

王磊 摘译自 油气新闻

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Sabic plant world first to run on 100pc renewable power

Sabic’s polycarbonate facility in Cartagena, Spain, is set to become the world’s first large-scale chemical production site to be run entirely on renewable power, following the signing of a major agreement.

The deal will see Iberdrola, one of the world’s biggest electricity utility companies, invest almost €70 million ($82 million) to construct a 100-MW solar PV facility with 263,000 panels, on land owned by Sabic, making it the largest industrial renewable power plant in Europe. The plant is expected to be fully operational in 2024.

The 25-year deal represents another milestone in Sabic’s journey to transition all its global operations to cleaner energy. Sabic’s ambition is to have 4 GW of either wind or solar energy installed for its sites globally by 2025, rising to 12 GW by 2030. In 2019, solar panels were installed at Sabic sites in India and Thailand, helping reduce greenhouse emissions by 200 tons, and Sabic’s Home of Innovation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has been completely solar-powered since 2015.

Bob Maughon, EVP Sustainability, Technology and Innovation and CTO and CSO at Sabic, said: “This ground-breaking deal with Iberdrola is a significant step towards achieving our long-term sustainability and clean energy targets. Partnerships of this kind are the cornerstone of our business growth model. The solar PV powered plant in Cartagena demonstrates that Sabic continues to drive the sustainability agenda in the chemicals industry and that a transition on such a large scale is possible.

“In recent years, the many breakthroughs in renewable energy technology have made deployment at this kind of scale possible. Our commitment to technology and innovation means we will always be early adopters, and we are optimally positioned to undertake this transformation right now. The new PV plant will deliver an 80 kt annual reduction in indirect CO2 emissions, and furthers strengthens our support and contribution to wider climate change initiatives like EU 2030 and our alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.”

Once the solar plant comes on line, Sabic’s customers, including those in the automotive and construction sectors, will have access to polycarbonate solutions produced with 100% renewable power, further responding to customer and consumer demands for more sustainable solutions in an increasingly carbon-neutral world.

"These partnerships enhance the competitiveness of renewables and continue to create opportunities for the development of innovative projects that are transforming the present and the future of energy. The long-term energy purchase contracts provide stability to investments and have become an optimal tool for managing the electricity supply of major consumers, committed to clean and sustainable energy sources", explained I?igo Alonso, Corporate Customer Global Director of Iberdrola.