- Collaboration focuses on breakthrough technology capturing and utilizing industrial flue gas, transforming waste heat into steam and electricity
- 200,000 tons of carbon reduction is expected annually, while generating new energy for local enterprises.
- The project creates an integrated “pollution control – energy recovery” model, turning industrial decarbonization into a value-generating activity.
During the visit of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron to China, Veolia, the global leader in ecological transformation, has signed a partnership agreement with Science City Guangzhou Investment Group Co. It will allow to co-develop a unique, innovative decarbonization project for the capture and utilization of industrial flue gas of one of the major industrial hubs in China - the Guangzhou Development Zone. Upon completion, the project is expected to reduce 200,000 tons of carbon per year while generating new energy for local enterprises. The agreement underscores the strong Sino-French collaboration on innovation, industrial sustainability and green development.
This project will deploy Veolia's innovative technologies to treat industrial emissions within the zone, ensuring full compliance with national and local environmental standards. Through an advanced waste heat recovery system, thermal energy from industrial flue gas will be converted into steam and electricity for direct use by local enterprises in the industrial park, creating an integrated model of "pollution control – energy recovery”.
The initiative will be an example of alignment between environmental sustainability and economic value. This project aims to transform industrial decarbonization from a cost center into a value-generating activity, supporting China's dual carbon goals and establishing a replicable model for low-carbon industrial development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
"This collaboration addresses China's strategic push for green and low-carbon industrial development and represents another milestone in implementing Veolia's global 'GreenUp' strategic program in China. This initiative demonstrates how environmental sustainability and economic value can be successfully aligned thanks to innovative technologies,” said Estelle Brachlianoff, CEO of Veolia, “We are committed to being a trusted partner in the country's sustainable development path, leveraging our technological expertise and low-carbon solutions ."
ABOUT VEOLIA
Veolia group aims to become the benchmark company for ecological transformation. Present on five continents with 215,000 employees, the Group designs and deploys useful, practical solutions for the management of water, waste and energy that are contributing to a radical turnaround of the current situation. Through its three complementary activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, to preserve available resources and to renew them. In 2024, the Veolia group provided 111 million inhabitants with drinking water and 98 million with sanitation, produced 42 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 65 million tonnes of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) achieved consolidated revenue of 44.7 billion euros in 2024.
ABOUT VEOLIA CHINA
Veolia group aims to become the benchmark company for ecological transformation. Since its entry into the Chinese market in the early 1990s, Veolia has consistently provided a comprehensive range of efficient environmental services, including Water, Waste, and Energy Management, for urban and industrial sectors. The company has actively collaborated with various stakeholders to support China's green and low-carbon transformation. With over 8,000 employees in China, Veolia delivers professional environmental services all around China. In 2024, Veolia avoided around 500,000 tons of carbon emissions in China. www.veolia.cn
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