Transition Industries and Veolia Partner to Redefine Industrial Water Use at the Pacifico Mexinol Project in Mexico
January 13 2025 - 2:24AM
Business Wire
Transition Industries LLC, a developer of world-scale, net-zero
carbon emissions methanol and hydrogen projects, and Veolia Water
Technologies & Solutions, world leader in water technology,
have signed an agreement to explore the provision of advanced
industrial water technology for the Pacifico Mexinol project in
Sinaloa, Mexico. Expected to initiate operations in 2028, Pacifico
Mexinol is poised to be the world’s largest standalone ultra-low
carbon chemical production facility in the world, with an output of
6,145 metric tons of methanol (MT) per day.
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The memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlines the collaboration
between Transition Industries and Veolia to develop a
purpose-driven water strategy for the Pacifico Mexinol project.
Designed with Ahome Municipality’s Drinking Water and Sewage Board
(JAPAMA), this strategy would make the Pacifico Mexinol site one of
the world's largest applications of industrial water reuse from
municipal effluent, leveraging Veolia’s state-of-the-art
technological solutions.
The Pacifico Mexinol project's water management approach tackles
water scarcity head-on by using innovative technologies to avoid
tapping into freshwater sources, thereby preserving these precious
resources for local agriculture and community needs.
Instead, it employs a closed-loop system that treats and
recycles municipal wastewater, adhering to national regulations.
This approach will prevent more than 8.5 million cubic meters of
wastewater annually from being discharged into the Bay of Ohuira,
reducing environmental impact.
Under the terms of the MOU, Veolia would design and equip the
water treatment plant with advanced technologies such as ZeeWeed
500D™ ultrafiltration membranes, PROflex™ reverse osmosis membranes
and E-Cell™ electrodeionization. Veolia would also be responsible
for commissioning and starting-up the equipment and technology to
optimize the performance of the Pacifico Mexinol project treatment
plant.
Balmore Brito, Pacifico-Mexinol Project Director and Head of
Engineering and Technology for Transition Industries, said: “Years
of community and municipal engagement has led to the development of
a set of purpose-driven design solutions, like our wastewater
strategy. The ability to partner with Veolia, a global leader in
water solutions, to leverage technology and minimize negative
environmental impacts, is foundational to our core values of
combating climate change and leading in environmental and social
responsibility.”
Anne Le Guennec, Senior Executive VP for Worldwide Water
Technologies at Veolia added: “We are very proud to partner with
Transition Industries on this transformative project. Our
best-in-class water technologies and regeneration processes will
enable sustainable methanol production, contributing to the
acceleration of decarbonization and reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions, in full alignment with our GreenUP strategic program
commitments.”
Transition Industries is jointly developing Pacifico Mexinol
with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the
World Bank Group. When it initiates operations in 2028, Pacifico
Mexinol is expected to be the largest single ultra-low carbon
methanol facility in the world – producing approximately 350,000 MT
of green methanol and 1.8 million MT of blue methanol annually from
natural gas with carbon capture.
This partnership between Transition Industries and Veolia marks
a significant step forward in sustainable industrial practices,
demonstrating the power of collaboration in addressing global
environmental challenges while driving economic growth.
ABOUT TRANSITION INDUSTRIES
Transition Industries LLC, based in Houston, Texas, is a
developer of world-scale, net-zero carbon emissions methanol and
hydrogen projects in North America to address climate change and
promote environmental and social sustainability. For additional
information about Pacifico Mexinol or Transition Industries, email
inquiries@transitionind.com.
ABOUT VEOLIA
Veolia group aims to become the benchmark company for ecological
transformation. Present on five continents with nearly 218,000
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 2023, the Veolia group provided 113 million inhabitants
with drinking water and 103 million with sanitation, produced 42
million megawatt hours of energy and treated 63 million tonnes of
waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) achieved
consolidated revenue of 45,351 million euros in 2023.
www.veolia.com
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TRANSITION INDUSTRIES PRESS RELATIONS Karn Nunan Head of
Corporate Affairs knunan@transitionind.com VEOLIA WATER TECH
PRESS RELATIONS LATAM Diego Fuentes Tel.+55 (11) 971 36
57 52 diego.fuentes1@veolia.com GLOBAL Manon Painchaud
Tel.+1 418 573 2735 manon.painchaud@veolia.com
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