Cement News tagged under: solar power
Cemex Colombia to study solar farm construction29 June 2018, Published under Cement NewsCemex Colombia, the mayor of Ibague and LG announced they will initiate the technical, economic and legal studies required to build a solar farm that will supply sustainable power Tolima’s public lighting system. The farm would be located on a 56ha site, owned by the Mayor’s Office on the Doima-Buenos Aires highway. Around 16ha of solar panels would be installed. The electricity generated could also be used at Cemex’s Tolima cement plant to reduce greenhouse gases. |
Bamburi Cement suspends plans to switch to solar power18 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsBamburi Cement has put its plans to switch to solar power on hold, reports Standard Digital. The high cost of the project has left the company to resort to other methods to reduce its rising energy expenses, such as using waste tyres for fuel. Bamburi Cement spends KES2.4bn (US$23.2m) annually on electricity to run its two plants in Mombasa and Nairobi. These figures make it the second-highest consumer of electricity in Kenya. To reduce that power usage by a significant factor, the compa... |
Taiwan Cement plans to create 20MW of green energy14 November 2017, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan Cement Corp plans to spend TWD980m (US$32.45) on a green energy project at the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park. The project involves the development of photovoltaic systems and onshore wind farms, according to the Taipei Times. The project intends to regenerate the company’s unused facilities at the industrial park. Due to begin operations in 2Q18, it is expected that 20MW of electricity will be produced when fully operational. Alongside these plans, Taiwan Cement released its ... |
Proposal for solar array at Holcim US Hagerstown11 September 2017, Published under Cement NewsHolcim US Inc is proposing the construction of a 10MW solar power plant on a 120-acre section of its property just south of Antietam Creek, near its cement plant in Hagerstown (MD), USA, according to reports in the Herald Mail-Media. NRG Solar Hagerstown LLC, a subsidiary of NRG Energy Inc, will lease the site for 35 years and build the array to supply up to 20 per cent of power required by the cement plant. The project is expected to provide renewable energy to the plant for at least 20... |
Hyundai Cement seeks to build solar power plant25 August 2017, Published under Cement NewsSouth Korean cement producer Hyundai Cement Co is looking to build a photovoltaic (PV) power plant at its existing cement facility in Dangyang. The consortium of Hanil Cement and LK Investment Partners, which gained ownership of Hyundai Cement last month, is considering using some part of the company’s Danyang factory site in North Chungcheong Province to build a solar energy farm. It aims to improve profitability by replacing some aged facilities at the site with the green plant. |
Ohorongo Cement breaks ground on new solar plant06 June 2017, Published under Cement NewsOhorongo Cement has held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a 5MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant which will provide green and clean electricity to the company’s cement plant in Namibia. The close to NAD100m (US$7.8m) investment is expected to be in operation by the end of 2017, and will be located in close proximity to the Sargberg cement plant in Otavi. SunEQ four Investment, an independent power producer and solar asset development platform, in collaboration with its... |
India: Sagar Cements to invest another INR280m in power projects13 April 2017, Published under Cement NewsSagar Cements has announced that it is to invest a further INR280m (US$4.35m) to complete the construction of a captive power plant and finance a new solar project, according to reports in the Hindu. The extra money will go towards raising the capacity of the coal-fired captive power plant being built at the firm’s Mattampally plant from 15MW to 18MW. In addition, Sagar is to install a 1MW solar power plant, to be commissioned by June 2017. Sagar also announced that its BMM subsidia... |
Dominican Republic: Cemex starts solar tender process for San Pedro de Macorís20 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsCemex has opened tendering process for its new photovoltaic solar plant at San Pedro de Macorís in the Dominican Republic. The cement producer is looking for a company that can build and operate its new 13MW solar power plant and sell the output to Cemex. In 2014 Cemex opened its first solar farm with a capacity of 1.5MW. This was followed by an electricity supply agreement to provide its San Pedro de Macorís cement plant with wind power. |
Lafarge Jordan orders 15MW solar plant02 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Cement Jordan's Rashadiya cement works is to reduce production costs by generating some of its electricity by solar power. The cement producer is contracting Adenium Energy Capital to build a solar plant for the facility, which is located in the southern governorate of Tafileh. Lafarge Cement Jordan shareholders approved the solar energy project back in April, but an agreement with Adenium Energy Capital to build the15MW solar park was only signed last week, with Adenium announcing... |
Zambia: solar farm Zambezi Portland Cement27 July 2016, Published under Cement NewsZambezi Portland Cement has plans to establish a 5MW solar farm in Ndola, at a cost of US$7m. The company will be the first in Zambia's Copperbelt Province to produce electricity using solar energy. Operations Director, Daniele Ventriglia, said the company has submitted an Environment Project Plan (EPP) to the Zambian Environmental Management Authority (ZEMA) for consideration. According to Mr Ventriglia, more than 200 local people are expected to be employed through the project one it i... |