(AOF) – Solvay and Veolia are launching the construction of the “Dombasle Énergie” industrial ecology project which aims to replace coal with solid recovered fuels (SRF) for the production of clean and competitive energy at the historic plant of Dombasle-sur-Meurthe. This project will guarantee the factory’s competitiveness and reduce its CO2 emissions by 50%.
The project consists of replacing three coal-fired boilers with a boiler room equipped with two furnaces operating on the basis of CSR made up of waste that cannot be recycled, which will make it possible to halve the carbon footprint of industrial activity and to stop the annual import of 200,000 tons of coal.
The Dombasle-sur-Meurthe site will thus have a cogeneration unit which will recover 350,000 tonnes of CSR per year, supplied by Veolia from 2024.
The new facility will be built by Solvay and operated by Veolia and will have a capacity of 181 megawatts (MW) thermal and 17.5 MW electrical reused in the industrial process.
This project will require an investment of 225 million euros with commissioning scheduled for 2024.