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RENEWABLE POWER PURCHASE
Sasol and Air Liquide move ahead on decarbonisa-

tion of South African operations

Mainstream Renewable Power, an from Eskom (South African electricity
Ireland wind and solar energy company, producer) over and above the 97.5-MW
has achieved financial close on their announced by Mainstream Renewable
97.5-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power Power.
project in the Free State province of
South Africa. This follows the signing Mr. Nicolas Poirot, Air Liquide’s
of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) CEO of the Africa Middle East & India
for the long-term supply of renewa- milestone with our announcement hub, said, “Together with our long-term
ble power to Sasol and Air Liquide at of the first Secunda decarbonisation partner Sasol, we have secured massive
Sasol’s Secunda operations in South renewable project reaching financial amounts of renewable energy gene-
Africa, where Air Liquide operates the close. This is significant progress ration capacity. This will significantly
world’s largest oxygen production site. towards Sasol’s ambition to reduce its contribute to the decarbonisation of
absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas our operations in Secunda and actively
This is the third set of PPAs signed (GHG) emissions by 30% off a 2017 support the development of renewable
by Sasol and Air Liquide after those baseline. Sasol is committed to pursue energies in South Africa.”
announced in Q1 2023 and is the first the renewable procurement as a key
of the decarbonisation projects to have lever for reducing GHG emissions, and In addition, the Sasol and Msenge
reached financial close. The solar power we have made significant progress in Emoyeni Wind Farm agreement for
plant is scheduled to be operational in procuring over 600-MW.” 69-MW of renewable energy supply to
2025. Sasol’s Sasolburg site reached financial
As previously announced, Sasol close in early March 2023 and is cur-
Ms. Priscillah Mabelane, Executive and Air Liquide have signed close to rently under construction. The project
Vice President of Sasol Energy Busi- 600-MW for Secunda, of which more is scheduled to be fully operational in
ness said, “We have reached a critical than 200-MW received grid access Q2 2024.

METROLOGY & QUALITY CONTROL

Thermo Fisher opens customer experience centre

for battery manufacturing in Seoul

Diversified American conglo- lithium-ion battery QC. In addition,
merate, Thermo Fisher Scientific, has the facility is staffed with applications
opened a ‘Battery Customer Experi- experts in the fields of material char-
ence Centre in Seoul, South Korea. The acterisation, extrusion, rheology, inline
facility will assist battery manufactu- thickness and basis weight metrology
rers in driving innovative solutions and and product inspection, offering manu-
also will serve as a global hub for clean facturers one-stop access to Thermo
energy and battery manufacturing Fisher’s analytical instrument exper-
applications, product information and tise.
education.
bringing together multiple state-of- Due to its central location, the Seoul
The centre will provide internatio- the-art solutions in one demonstration facility will act as a base from which
nal battery manufacturers with access to environment, including the Thermo Thermo Fisher can support battery
the latest metrology and quality control Scientific LInspector measurement and innovation and production in key end
(QC) technologies from Thermo Fisher, control system, which supports inline markets, such as China.

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