Ngomhla we-16 kweyoMqungu, inkampani entsha yaseYurophu iVioneo yabhengeza isigqibo sayo sokuyekisa ukwakhiwa kwesityalo se-methanol eluhlaza esiyi-300,000 yeetoni ngonyaka eYurophu, endaweni yoko ityale imali kwiprojekthi efanayo eTshayina.
UVioneo uthe “ngokukwazi ukufumana i-methanol eluhlaza apha ekhaya, kunceda ekuqulunqeni izicwangciso zamaxabiso ezilungileyo kubathengi ngelixa kuphucula ukusebenza kakuhle kwekhonkco lokubonelela, ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwe-CO2, kunye nokukhawulezisa amaxesha okuqaliswa kwemveliso.” Ngenxa yoku, ukuseka iziko lemveliso elisebenza kakuhle eTshayina kuya kusebenza njengesityalo sokuqala semveliso ye-polyolefin eluhlaza esekelwe kwi-methanol.
Ngaphambili, iVioneo yayiceba ukwakha isityalo sayo sokuqala sorhwebo e-Antwerp, eBelgium, ngotyalo-mali olumalunga ne-1.5 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi. Esi sakhiwo siza kuvelisa iitoni ezingama-200,000 ze-polypropylene kunye neetoni ezili-100,000 ze-polyethylene minyaka le, sisebenzisa i-methanol eluhlaza ephuma kwinkunkuma yezolimo neyamahlathi.
Ngokweengxelo zeendaba zamanye amazwe, uJudy Hicks, uSekela Mongameli kunye neNtloko yeMicimbi yeeNkampani eVioneo, utyhile ngoJanuwari 20 ukuba ukukhethwa kwendawo ethile eTshayina akukagqitywa. Ixesha leprojekthi, amandla emveliso, ubungakanani botyalo-mali, kunye namaqabane obuchwephesha azitshintshi, kwaye kulindeleke ukuba imisebenzi iqale "ekupheleni kuka-2029 okanye ekuqaleni kuka-2030."
UHicks ubonise ukuba uthotho lwezinto, kuquka iimfuno zomthetho zaseYurophu, iinkqubo zokuvunywa, kunye nesantya kunye nobunzima bokufumana inkxaso-mali, kukhokelele uVioneo ukuba ayiyeke iprojekthi yaseAntwerp. “Kuya kucaca ngakumbi ukuba, phantsi kweemeko zangoku, le projekthi ayinakwenzeka ngokwezoqoqosho.” Uqaphele ukuba nangona imigaqo-nkqubo yaseYurophu ihamba ngendlela eyiyo, le nkqubo iza kuthatha ixesha.
UHicks uthe inkampani isathethathethana nabathengi abanokubakho. Le projekthi ikwilizwe laseTshayina, apho "inokubonelela abathengi ngeenzuzo ezingcono ngamaxabiso akhuphisanayo. Ekugqibeleni, yingxaki yeendleko, kwaye olu khetho luya kuphucula amandla ethu okubonelela abathengi ngeenkonzo." Ukwabonise ukuba iindleko zokwakha kunye nenkqubela phambili eTshayina zizinto ezibalulekileyo ekufuneka ziqwalaselwe.
Isigqibo sikaVioneo sibangele enye ingxaki enkulu kwishishini leekhemikhali zaseYurophu. Ngenxa yokuthengiswa kakhulu kweemveliso kwimarike, imfuno ebuthathaka, iindleko eziphezulu zokufaka, kunye nempembelelo yeemveliso ezingeniswayo ezixabisa kakhulu, eli candelo liye lahlala liphantsi ixesha elide, apho izityalo ezininzi zeekhemikhali sele zivaliwe okanye zibhengeza ukuvalwa okusisigxina.
Kwiprojekthi yase-Antwerp, ekuqaleni bekucetywa ukungenisa iitoni ezingama-800,000 ze-methanol ehlaziyekayo minyaka le evela eTshayina njengezinto eziluhlaza, eziza kucutshungulwa ngetekhnoloji ye-methanol-to-olefins ukuvelisa i-ethylene kunye ne-propylene, kwaye emva koko kuvelise i-polyethylene kunye ne-polypropylene.
Nangona kunjalo, uHicks uthe uVioneo akazange ayikhuphele ngaphandle into yokuba kusekwe iifektri ezintsha eYurophu kwixesha elizayo. Ugxininise ukuba ukufumana umthombo wobonelelo lwe-methanol evuselelekayo yimeko ebalulekileyo ekufuneka ihlangatyezwe naliphi na indawo enokubakho.
Ixesha leposi: Jan-26-2026

