BOSTON, March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Veolia North America today announced it has
completed its partnership with DuPont to convert the utility
infrastructure at the DuPont Spruance manufacturing facility in
Richmond, Virginia from coal to
natural gas to produce steam and electricity more efficiently. The
new cogeneration facility will help optimize energy yields to
ensure global environmental performance while achieving at least
50% reductions in greenhouse gas emissions compared with the use of
coal, equating to the removal of 44,000 cars off the roads.
"This project serves as a great example of how converting from
coal to gas can significantly reduce the carbon footprint of
industrial activity and accelerate ecological transformation while
supporting climate goals in the U.S. At Veolia, we are proud to
leverage our expertise in energy management solutions, to allow our
industrial partners like DuPont to move further towards achieving
their sustainability goals while maintaining reliability and
competitiveness of their energy use-related processes," said
Frederic Van Heems, Veolia North America
President and CEO.
"We were thrilled to work with Veolia on such a significant
project that is enabling us to operate the facility more
efficiently and helping to achieve the company's 2030 climate
goals," said Dan Mattson, DuPont
Spruance Site Services Leader.
The conversion at the Spruance site power generation system is
expected to result in reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
annually of more than 220,000 tons.
The Spruance utility infrastructure provides heating, cooling
and electricity for the site's operations and technical resources.
DuPont and Veolia North America
signed a long-term agreement for Veolia to acquire, upgrade,
operate and maintain the site's utility infrastructure, apply best
practices, improve efficiencies and reliability. The project
agreement included repurposing a 200 megawatt cogeneration facility
from power production to the efficient production of 500,000 pounds
per hour of steam, converting from coal to natural gas and
upgrading chilled water capacity, water networks, industrial
wastewater treatment and new compressors.
About Veolia: Veolia Group aims to be the benchmark
company for ecological transformation. With nearly 179,000
employees worldwide, the Group designs and provides game-changing
solutions that are both useful and practical for water, waste and
energy management. Through its three complementary business
activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve
available resources and replenish them. In 2020, the Veolia group
supplied 95 million people with drinking water and 62 million
people with wastewater service, produced nearly 42 million megawatt
hours of energy and treated 47 million metric tons of waste. Veolia
Environnement (listed on Paris Euronext: VIE) recorded consolidated
revenue of €26.010 billion in 2020 (USD 29.7
billion). www.veolia.com
About Veolia North
America: A subsidiary of Veolia group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full
spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including
water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste
collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery.
VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and
municipality customers throughout North
America. Headquartered in Boston,
Mass., Veolia North America
has more than 7,000 employees working at more than 250 locations
across the continent. www.veolianorthamerica.com
About DuPont: DuPont (NYSE: DD) is a global innovation
leader with technology-based materials and solutions that help
transform industries and everyday life. Our employees apply diverse
science and expertise to help customers advance their best ideas
and deliver essential innovations in key markets including
electronics, transportation, construction, water, healthcare and
worker safety. More information about the company, its businesses
and solutions can be found at www.dupont.com. Investors can access
information included on the Investor Relations section of the
website at www.investors.dupont.com.
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