PACIA member Qenos, together with AGL, has announced improvements to the energy efficiency of its production facilities at Altona in Melbourne with the replacement of one of the steam boilers with a 21MW Cogeneration (combined heat and power) plant.
This will result in a reduction of approximately 100,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year for the company.
Qenos is the cornerstone of the Australian plastics industry and the nation’s sole manufacturer and leading supplier of world class polyethylene and polymers.
This major investment reinforces Qenos’s commitment to the Australian polyethylene market and further strengthens its position as a competitive and sustainable long-term local producer of polyethylene resin.
The cogeneration unit is expected to begin operations in late 2012.
For the Qenos press release please click here.