The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Ningdong Base Management Committee in Ningxia will issue a decision regarding the coal-based ethylene glycol project of Ningxia Kunpeng Clean Energy Co., Ltd

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The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Ningdong Base Management Committee in Ningxia will issue a decision regarding the environmental impact assessment for Ningxia Kunpeng Clean Energy Co., Ltd.’s coal-based ethylene glycol production project. Author/Source: Coal Chemical Industry 114 Forum; Date: 2019-09-09; Clicks: 43. In accordance with the relevant regulations regarding the approval process for environmental impact assessments of construction projects, the Environmental Protection Bureau has recently decided to issue a decision on the environmental impact assessment documents for this project, and has made this decision public. Project Name: Ethylene Glycol Project of Ningxia Kunpeng Clean Energy Co., Ltd.
Location: Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base
Developer: Ningxia Kunpeng Clean Energy Co., Ltd.
Environmental Impact Assessment Agency: Chongqing Darun Environmental Science Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Project Overview: This project is located in the Chemical New Materials Park of the Ningdong Base, covering an area of 42.09 hectares. The main construction components include 10 key production units such as gasification, shift reaction and heat recovery, low-temperature methanol washing, PSA hydrogen production, CO cryogenic separation, glycol synthesis unit, sulfur recovery, and ethylene glycol production. Supporting facilities such as a circulating water system, sewage treatment plant, tank farms, loading/unloading areas, and flares are also constructed. Coal is used as the raw material to produce syngas, which is then used to manufacture products such as ethylene glycol, glycol derivatives, and hydrogen. The total investment for this project is 4,331.62 million yuan, of which 240.95 million yuan is allocated to environmental protection measures, accounting for 5.56% of the total investment. These funds are used primarily for treating exhaust gases, managing wastewater, preventing leakage in the factory area, controlling noise, and dealing with solid waste. Ningxia Kunpeng Clean Energy Co., Ltd. was established in August 2018; it is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ningxia Baoli New Energy, with a registered capital of 1.5 billion yuan. It is a key enterprise focused on the production of high-quality clean energy in the Ningdong area. The company is collaborating with Ningdong Investment Company to build a project for the production of 400,000 tons of coal-based ethylene glycol per year; construction is scheduled to begin in March 2019, with completion expected by September 2021. The coal-to-ethylene glycol project of Ningxia Kunpeng Clean Energy Co., Ltd. represents not only an industrial breakthrough for the Ningdong base, but it also accelerates the transformation of traditional coal chemical industries into high-end, sophisticated coal chemical industries. It can help develop downstream industrial chains as well, and it constitutes an important part of building strategic emerging industry clusters and related industrial clusters. In the future, the company will also focus on developing industries related to ethylene glycol, by constructing projects with an annual production capacity of 350,000 tons of xylene (PX), 520,000 tons of terephthalic acid (PTA), and 600,000 tons of polyester (PET), thereby creating a complete extension of the petrochemical industry chain.