MOSCOW (MRC) - Blagoveshchensk Polief has installed all 10,080 photovoltaic modules of the future solar power plant (SPP), the company said.
Now work is underway to connect the modules to inverters and work has begun on the installation of a transformer substation. "The completion of the installation of photovoltaic modules of the solar power plant is the next and most noticeable step towards the implementation of the project. Eight hectares of solar panels can be seen even from space. And space technologies themselves are already coming into our life - from the attributes of satellites and orbital stations, becoming part of the equipment of modern enterprises all over the world. Implementation of such innovative projects contributes to the improvement of environmental friendliness and efficiency of production ", - said General Director of Polief Evgeny Semenko.
The design capacity of the power plant will be about 4.9 MW, which is 7.1% of the capacity of all operating solar power plants in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The readiness of the facility at this stage of construction has reached 80%.
The project will significantly increase the share of "green" electricity in the energy balance of the enterprise and reduce the carbon footprint of production. Investments in the project will amount to over 250 million rubles. It is planned to complete the construction of the solar power plant and integrate it into the energy supply chain of the enterprise in early 2022.
Earlier it was reported that Polief continues to implement the project to launch the production of "green" PET pellets containing secondary raw materials. The enterprise loaded the first pile into the base of the production foundation. It is planned to launch the line in the first half of 2022. The production of PET with recycled content is an important part of SIBUR's sustainable development strategy until 2025. The technology that is planned to be used at Polief is environmentally friendly and belongs to the advanced methods of involving recycled PET in the production cycle.
According to MRC's ScanPlast, the estimated PET consumption in Russia in October of this year increased by 17% compared to the previous year and amounted to 67,970 tonnes against 58,030 tonnes in October 2020. According to the results of ten months of 2021, 661,830 tonnes of PET were processed in the Russian Federation, which is 13% more than the same indicator last year.
Polyef is the largest producer of terephthalic acid (TPA) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in Russia (raw material for polymer food packaging). The TPA production capacity is 350 thousand tons per year, PET - 219 thousand tons SIBUR owns 100% of the company's shares.
PJSC SIBUR Holding is the largest petrochemical company in Russia and Eastern Europe with full coverage of the industry cycle from gas processing, production of monomers, plastics and synthetic rubbers to plastics processing.
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