Hydro starts aluminium production at its technology pilot in Karmøy that aims at verifying the credibility of the world's most climate-and energy efficient aluminium technology in an industrial scale.
Hilde Merete Aasheim, Executive Vice President for Hydro's Primary Metal business area confirms the news in his statement:
"We're now producing aluminium in the technology pilot, and we are very excited that we can now start to use this technology at an industrial scale."
This Hydro-developed technology will produce aluminium with 15 per cent less energy with the lowest CO2 footprint in the world. The technology pilot in Karmøy is expected to be a world leader in low energy consumption and high productivity.
"Through the technology pilot we have developed the world's best electrolysis technology: low energy consumption, high productivity, and a low environmental footprint," Aasheim says.
The technology pilot plant consists of physical technology elements and a much improved process control system. It is noteworthy that some of the system can also be implemented in Hydro’s existing aluminium operations benefitting the company’s primary smelters.
The technology pilot consists of 48 cells running on the HAL4e technology and 12 cells using the HAL4e Ultra technology with an annual production capacity of approximately 75,000 tonnes. Total costs are estimated at NOK 4.3 billion with net project costs of NOK 2.7 billion and around NOK 1.6 billion in support from Enova.
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