PhosAgro signed agreement with TGC-1 to increase the use of green energy in its mineral fertilizer production chain during the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

PhosAgro's signing of an agreement with TGC-1 built on an agreement for the supply of electricity generated at TGC-1's hydroelectric power plants that the parties signed in January 2021. Some 323 million kWh will be supplied this year.

"PhosAgro and TGC-1 are linked by a long-term partnership. For decades, the cogeneration plants and hydroelectric power plants that are now part of TGC-1 have reliably provided our enterprises and the cities where we operate with heat and electricity. Our Apatit mining and processing plant and TGC-1's power plants in the Murmansk region were the first companies in the mining industry and in the GOELRO electrification plan, respectively, in the subarctic region.

"At the beginning of this year, we took our cooperation to a new level, having reserved for our Apatit plant supplies of green electricity from TGC-1 that will cover more than 20% of the plant's energy needs this year. And today we are agreeing on a significant increase in the consumption of green electricity from the TGC-1's hydroelectric power plants. I am confident that our cooperation with TGC-1, including by obtaining green certificates, will be long-term and productive", said Andrey Guryev, Chairman of the Management Board and the CEO of PhosAgro, during the signing ceremony.

"As the leading producer of electricity in the north-west and a company that is systematically developing the renewable energy sector, TGC-1 already offers existing and potential partners a genuine tool for reducing their carbon footprint and complying with environmental standards and climate obligations. Today's agreement is an important step in the development of long-term relations in Russia's emerging green energy market", said Vadim Vederchik, Managing Director of TGC-1.

This project will enable the company's production facilities in Cherepovets and Balakovo to generate 60%–80% of the energy they need. A power generating plant similar in terms of its operating principles is being designed and is currently being built in Volkhov as part of a large investment project. The use of exhaust steam from sulphuric acid production for the generation of energy is fully consistent with the best available technologies and enables the replacement of natural gas for power generation and, accordingly, a significant reduction in the carbon footprint.

In 2020, PhosAgro launched a project for the use of renewable sources of energy at its industrial and social facilities. The first test site was the Izumrud corporate sanatorium and hotel complex in Balakovo. The first solar power plant with a capacity of 25 kW was installed on the roof of the diagnostic and treatment facility at the sanatorium. In the spring of 2021, similar panels will be installed on the hotel at the Izumrud sanatorium, raising the system's total capacity to 45 kW. In addition, the Company plans to test the technology under factory conditions at its Balakovo chemical cluster.