Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) purchased 1.1 million megawatt hours of electricity’s worth of Clean Energy Certificates this week in support of its production of CelestiAL, a proprietary line of aluminium produced using solar power.The certificates are issued by Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) and track the use of solar power from the massive Noor Abu Dhabi solar power plant. The Noor Abu Dhabi solar power plant consists of 3.2 million solar panels and generates around one gigawatt of electricity.EGA’s purchase represents the largest such buy of Clean Energy Certificates done so far in Abu Dhabi. The purchase will cover about 80 thousand metric tons of CelestiAL, and the firm notes that production of the solar-powered aluminium is contingent upon the amount of solar power it derives from the power grid. Abdulnasser Bin Kalban, Chief Executive Officer of…
EGA Purchases 1.1 MM Megawatt Hours Of Solar Energy For Solar Powered Aluminium Offering – Aluminium Insider
