London, 04 September, 2023, (Oilandgaspress) – Hydro has signed a three year contract with Shell Energy to help decarbonize its UK operations. The agreement covers a yearly supply of 56 GWh electricity and 144 GWh gas to Hydro’s plants in the UK. With this contract, Hydro reduces its Scope 2 emissions in the UK by 11,000 tons of CO2 per year.
As part of the deal, Hydro will receive renewable electricity from the Rhyl Flats windfarm in Wales. The electricity is certified with a Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin. The windfarm is situated 8 kilometers off the coast of Llandudno and with 25 turbines, it is the second largest windfarm in Wales, with 90 MWh of installed capacity.
Hydro is working to become a more sustainable company and is already offering some of the greenest aluminium products available under the Hydro Recycled Aluminium and Hydro Low-Carbon Aluminium brands. By recycling aluminium parts from old windows, car parts and other sources of post-consumer scrap, Hydro can keep the carbon footprint of Hydro Recycled Aluminium at 2.3 kilo CO2 per kilo aluminium. This is less than one third of the average carbon footprint of aluminium consumed in Europe[1].
The efforts to reduce own emissions through sourcing of renewable energy and to improve own production processes to make them greener complements the product offering.
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