ORLEN Unipetrol unveils development strategy until 2030

ORLEN Unipetrol plans to spend CZK 5 billon on digital transformation and implementing of digital solutions until 2030.

Decarbonisation, higher energy efficiency, emphasis on renewables, plastic recycling, and advanced biofuels are the core development sectors of the ORLEN Unipetrol Group until 2030. Together with its parent company ORLEN, the Group transforms from a traditional petroleum-oriented firm into a multi-energy corporation.

The leading projects within this strategy should include the construction of a steam-and-gas cogeneration heating plant and photovoltaic plant in Záluží near Litvínov, enhanced offering of alternative fuels at Benzina ORLEN petrol stations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, plastic recycling, production of advanced biofuels, and hydrogen infrastructure development for passenger transport, road haulage and railway transport. Digitisation will be implemented where appropriate. ORLEN Unipetrol plans to spend CZK 5 billon on digital transformation and implementing of digital solutions until 2030.

“If we want to change the world, we need to change, too. We see our responsibility for the Czech Republic’s energy future as one of the pillars of the Czech economy. Although crude oil will be an indispensable raw material for years to come - mainly for the chemical industry -, we need to be on the lookout for new, state-of-the-art, and environmentally friendly solutions already now to be able to substitute this dependency gradually. We have a specific plan of activities for the coming decade, and we are even looking further beyond. We want to be absolutely emissions neutral by 2050. This is our contribution to a better Czechia, Europe, and the whole planet,” says Tomasz Wiatrak, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ORLEN Unipetrol Group.