Belgium – Ineos Oligomers has opened a new solar farm to provide CO2 free electricity to its production site at Feluy Belgium. The solar farm has an area of 2 hectares, produces 3.8 MW and will save 800 tonnes of CO2 per year.
This is an important step for the Feluy site in its goal to produce its Durasyn® polyalpha-olefins (PAOs, base for lubricants) without emitting CO2 by 2030. It also makes it possible to provide customers with products that will contribute towards the transition to a net zero emissions economy.
The announcement follows the HELIOS project announced recently by Ineos Inovyn, to build a 90,000 panel solar farm to generate 60MW of CO2 free electricity to power the site in Jemeppe, Belgium.
In 2026, Ineos Oligomers plans to build a second solar farm four times larger. This will save an additional 3,600 tonnes of CO2. The two parks will then cover the entire electricity needs of the two PAO (polyalpha-olefin) units and 12 percent of the site’s electricity needs – the equivalent of the consumption of more than 4,500 households.
