BASF and Georgia Power sign agreement to supply Attapulgus site with renewable energy

In an effort to bring BASF closer to achieving its net zero goal by 2050, our site in Attapulgus, Georgia, signed an agreement with the electric utility Georgia Power to provide solar energy via Green Tariffs.

The 10-year partnership will start in 2025 and will provide more than 9 MW of solar energy per year to the site.

BASF and Georgia Power

This agreement will cover one-third of the Attapulgus site's total energy demand with renewable energy, and it is fully aligned with BASF's strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by the year 2030 compared with 2018 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

The BASF's Attapulgus site celebrated 100 years of operations in 2021 and produces petroleum cracking catalysts, used to transform crude oil into gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel, heating oil and fuel additives. 

Expanding our renewable power agreements

A precondition for the transformation of chemical production is the reliable availability of large quantities of electrical energy from renewable sources at competitive prices.

That's why, as part of our global make & buy approach, BASF is expanding renewable power assets worldwide by exploring investments in our energy production plants and purchasing renewable energy through long-term supply agreements.

In North America, several long-term supply agreements have been signed, like BASF's partnership with the energy company X-Elio to reduce carbon emissions at the Verbund site in Freeport, Texas, and offset more than 82,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions annually, based on EPA estimates.