ENGIE Spain And KAO Corporation SAU signed a 15-year contract for the construction, financing, commissioning, operation and maintenance. a new thermal power generation plant from biomass certified forest wastes to ensure sustainable forest management in the chemical company factory located in Olesa of Montserrat, Barcelona. This new facility will provide a 95% reduction in the plant’s natural gas consumption and thus in the carbon footprint of direct emissions.
New biomass plant to be used for self-consumption and as a thermal power generation equipment, the primary source of which is forest-derived residue. 100% renewable and neutral in CO2 emissions. This technology will replace a number of conventional boilers with natural gas as the primary energy source.
KAO carries out a series of mitigation projects as part of its roadmap to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The new thermal power plant represents a major advance in meeting this commitment.
Future biomass power plant will also produce positive impact on the local environment by promoting sustainable forest managementIncluding preventing fires and improving the condition of forests, contributing to local social and economic development and reducing foreign dependency in energy, as it is a domestic and domestic fuel.
ENGIE will be responsible for the design, construction, operation, maintenance and financing of the project.implemented in a long-term contract, Providing renewable energy to KAO Corporation SAU. ENGIE will meet 95% of the customer’s steam demand through the deployment of a biomass boiler.
About KAO
Kao Company, A Tokyo-based Japanese company that is a leader in the Cosmetics, Personal Hygiene, Household Products and Chemicals markets. The company produces worldwide 1.550 trillion yen in annual sales. chaos employs approximately 35,400 people worldwide and has a 136-year history in innovation. Our mission is to create a Kirei life for all people, contributing to the well-being of all people and the care of the planet.
To do this, Kao believes the only path to follow is sustainability. The determination to implement a management guided by an ESG strategy is evidenced in the 2019 definition of 2030 targets in the areas of decarbonisation, energy, waste, water conservation and resources, among others.
About Kao Corporation SAU
In the late 1990s, Kao Corporation began to establish its businesses outside the Asian region and Chose Barcelona as the first location in Europefounded Kao Corporation SAU, with headquarters and factory in Barberá and production facilities in Mollet del Vallès and Olesa de Montserrat. Kao Corporation SAU operates in the surfactants, fragrances and flavors, and printing materials businesses.
Kao Corporation SAU makes the necessary investments to consolidate the growth of the company, explores business opportunities and sees the prospects for success. Today, Kao is more actively involved than ever before. activities that have a positive impact on the environment and society through sound governance, continuous commitment to innovation and the core value of integrity as one of the pillars of our corporate philosophy.
Right now Kao Corporation SAU staffs about 450 people.
About ENGIE
ENGIE is a world reference in low carbon energy and services. With its 96,000 employees, customers, partners and stakeholders, the Group a carbon neutral world, thanks to reduced energy consumption and more environmentally friendly solutions. Inspired by its purpose, ENGIE reconciles economic performance with positive impact on people and the planet, based on key business areas (gas, renewable energy, services) to provide competitive solutions to its customers. Billing in 2022: €93,900 million. The Group is traded on the Paris and Brussels stock exchanges (ENGI) and represented on the main financial (CAC 40, Euronext 100, FTSE Euro 100, MSCI Europe) and non-financial (DJSI World, Euronext Vigeo Eiris – Europe 120) exchanges. / France 20, MSCI EMU ESG scan, MSCI EUROPE ESG Universal Select, Stoxx Europe 600 ESG-X).
About ENGIE Spain
With a strong presence along the energy value chain in Spain and 1,800 employees in the country, ENGIE is the sixth generation agency in the country with an installed capacity of approximately 3,600 MW.1,600 MW of renewable assets – wind, solar and mini hydropower – including cogeneration and hot and cold networks, and flexible and low-carbon generation (combined cycles). Together with its customers, ENGIE develops and manages more than 250 MW of assets (hot and cold networks, biomass industrial plants, photovoltaic, thermosolar or cogeneration self-consumption) that make the energy transition a reality. The company also works in the field of commercialization of energy.It is a reference tool in structuring and implementing long-term contracts for the sale of renewable energy (PPA) and in designing, designing, implementing and operating industrial solutions to help customers consume less and better energy.
ENGIE’s strategy includes accompanying customers on their way to becoming carbon neutral Achieve more sustainable regions, more competitive infrastructures and more efficient industries based on two levers: action towards own energy production by developing renewable energies and providing solutions that reduce costs, energy consumption and CO2 emissions.