The Porthos Project is developed in the Port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The project involves the transport of CO₂ captured from port industries through a network of onshore and offshore pipelines to depleted gas fields located beneath the North Sea, where the CO₂ is permanently stored. Its objective is to reduce industrial emissions from the Rotterdam cluster and contribute to the decarbonization of high-emission sectors.
The project consists of two plants: one for producing linear polyethylene (PEL) and another for producing polypropylene (PP), each with an annual production capacity of 300,000 tons.
Both plants utilize cutting-edge technologies that ensure top energy efficiency. These technologies are leading in the market and are the first of their kind to be implemented on the Iberian Peninsula.
The world’s largest sea water reverse osmosis desalination plant (RO), boasting a capacity of 200 MIGD (909,200 cubic meters of water per day). This plant surpasses the world’s current largest RO facility by 44% in terms of capacity. The Taweelah plant is poised to establish new benchmarks for water production efficiency and cost, thanks to its utilization of RO technology instead of thermal desalination.