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UAE to produce world's first aluminum using solar energy
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 18 - 01 - 2021

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Monday announced that the UAE has become the first country in the world to produce aluminum using the power of the sun.
Under an agreement signed virtually on Monday, DEWA will supply EGA's smelter with solar power from the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.
The milestone is part of the leadership's vision to make Dubai the most sustainable city in the world and become a global leader in the development and application of scientific and technological advances in the energy sector.
As part of the agreement, DEWA will supply EGA's smelter with 560,000 megawatt-hours of solar power annually from the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, sufficient to make 40,000 tons of aluminum in the first year with the potential for significant expansion. EGA will supply solar aluminum to global customers under the new product name CelestiAL.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of DEWA and Vice Chairman of EGA, said: "This global achievement of both DEWA and EGA confirms our firm commitment to achieving the vision of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in building a green economy in UAE, and achieving the goals of the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 in diversifying energy sources and providing 75 percent of Dubai's energy production capacity from clean energy sources by 2050. To achieve these goals, we have launched many initiatives and projects, most notably the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which is the largest single-site solar energy project in the world with a capacity of 5,000 megawatts by 2030. The solar park projects use photovoltaic panels and concentrated solar energy technologies."
Al Tayer added: "The new achievement contributes to supporting our efforts in reducing carbon emissions through the Dubai Carbon Abatement Strategy. Dubai reduced carbon emissions by 22 percent in 2019 compared to business as usual. Results achieved exceeded the targets set in the Dubai Carbon Abatement Strategy, which aims to reduce carbon emissions by 16 percent by 2021".
Abdulnasser bin Kalban, Chief Executive Officer of EGA, said: "Aluminum is a lightweight, strong and infinitely recyclable metal and these properties mean that as a material it plays a vital global role in the development of a sustainable future. However, it also matters how sustainably aluminum is made. CelestiAL aluminum made in the UAE with solar power will support modern life for people around the world while also protecting our planet for future generations. This is a great milestone for the UAE and our industry."
Aluminum is used in products and infrastructure from smartphones to skyscrapers. Its uses include applications that contribute to a more sustainable environment from wind farms to electric vehicles, and mass transit to solar panels. The availability of solar power on the scale needed for aluminum smelting has been made possible by the UAE's significant investment in solar power, including in Dubai by DEWA and its Independent Power Producer (IPP) partners.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, located in Dubai, has a current installed capacity of 1,013 megawatts using photovoltaic solar panels. DEWA is implementing an additional 1,850 megawatts of projects using solar panels and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP). Eventually, this capacity will reach 5,000MW by 2030.
EGA's sourcing of solar power from Dubai's electricity grid will be tracked and traced through the use of the International Renewable Energy Certification System, ensuring that the energy used to produce EGA's CelestiAL solar aluminum has been sourced from the sun. — WAM


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