Electrolysis Solvay Converts Process Technology
The chemicals company Solvay will invest in converting the mercury-based electrolysis into better performing and technologically more advanced membrane-based electrolysis in its Tavaux plant, France.
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Brussels/Belgium, Tavaux/France – This conversion will reduce the consumption of electrical energy of the electrolysis by 25 percent and considerably improve the environmental footprint of the site by reducing the direct and indirect carbon dioxide emissions by 19,200 tons per year. The project requires an investment of € 83 million and is expected to be completed near the end of 2012. Production capacity of the plant will remain at 360,000 tons per year. “This investment enhances Solvay’s competitiveness on its largest chemical site in the world and at the same time shows the commitment to sustainable development of the Solvay Group”, says Filipe Constant, General Manager of Solvay’s Strategic Business Unit Electrochemistry and Derived Specialties.
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