Cement News tagged under: wind power
Lucky Cement plans Karachi renewable energy project13 June 2022, Published under Cement NewsLucky Cement Ltd has informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that the Board of Directors of Lucky cement, in its emergent meeting on 11 June 2022, has authorised the management of the company to undertake a feasibility study for a renewable energy project at its cement plant in Karachi, including wind and solar power. General Manager Finance and Company Secretary of Lucky Cement, Faisal Mahmood, in a bourse filing, stated that the Lucky Cement was one of the earliest cement companies... |
Opterra orders 300GWh for renewable energy21 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsStatkraft, Europe's largest producer of renewable energy, has signed a further power purchase agreement (PPA) with Opterra , one of Germany's leading cement manufacturers, on the supply of renewable power from onshore wind and solar power. It follows a wind power PPA agreed in 2021 and enables Opterra to further transition its plant operations to a renewable energy supply. Opterra ( CRH group) is adding a further 300GWh of renewable power supplied by Statkraft to its plants in Karsd... |
Tamil Nadu Cement orders 10MW solar power plant21 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsTamil Nadu Cement Corp Ltd will be setting up a 10MW solar power plant at an outlay of INR650m (US$8.52m) for captive use, said Minister for Industries, Thangam Thennarasu. As per the Policy Note presented in the Assembly by Mr Thennarasu for 2022-23, Tamil Nadu Cement will construct the solar plant at its Alangulam cement plant. The company is also planning to install an alternate fuel feeding system at a cost of INR300m at the new Ariyalur cement plant. |
Lafarge Canada Inc orders wind power plant for Exshaw works10 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada Inc (Holcim group) has entered into a purchase power agreement (PPA) with Calgary-based electricity company, TransAlta Corp (TransAlta) for a 100GWh/year of wind power (electricity only) at Exshaw cement plant . "We are proud to have partnered with TransAlta to deliver wind energy to the Exshaw cement plant. Cement manufacturing is an energy-intensive process, and we are considering all levers available to supply our operations with power from renewable sources of ene... |
Statkraft to supply wind power to Opterra10 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsRenewable energy producer Statkraft has signed a power purchase agreement with Opterra for the supply of green electricity from onshore wind farms to three of the cement producer’s plants in Germany. Statkraft plans to supply around 30mkWh of wind power annually to Opterra’s cement works in Karsdorf (Saxony-Anhalt), Wössingen (Baden-Württemberg) and Sötenich (North Rhine-Westphalia) between 2022-25. The wind power will be generated in four wind farms that no longer receive EEG subsidies a... |
Asia Cement Corp and RWE to collaborate on more offshore wind projects07 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan’s Asia Cement Corp (ACC) and RWE, which are both developing the 448MW Chu Feng offshore wind project, are now set to expand their strategic partnership to include further projects off the coast of Taiwan. They are expected to investigate several new projects in the waters of Hsinchu, Taichung and Changhua, with some of these sites having water depths that are suitable for floating offshore wind. Jens Orfelt, RWE Renewables APAC president for offshore wind, said: “RWE is strongly com... |
ECOncrete Tech and LafargeHolcim US form partnership13 October 2021, Published under Cement NewsECOncrete Tech Ltd and LafargeHolcim (Holcim) in the US have joined forces to design and produce an ecologically beneficial concrete scour protection unit for offshore wind turbine foundations. The Biden Administration set the goal of creating 30GW of offshore wind by 2030 while protecting biodiversity and promoting ocean co-use , an effort which, to achieve sustainably, should use best available technologies to ensure the health of marine environment and species. The scour prot... |
LafargeHolcim to recycle decommissioned GE Renewable Energy wind turbines11 June 2021, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim and GE Renewable Energy announced today an MoU to explore circular economy solutions to utilise materials from decommissioned wind turbines. Building on LafargeHolcim’s 10+ years of experience in recovering energy from wind turbine blades, the companies are exploring new ways of recycling wind blades, including as a construction material to build new wind farms. Edelio Bermejo, who leads LafargeHolcim’s Global Innovation Center, said: "With sustainability at the core of o... |
LafargeHolcim, GE Renewable Energy, COBOD develop wind turbine towers with 3D-printed concrete bases18 June 2020, Published under Cement NewsGE Renewable Energy, COBOD and LafargeHolcim announced today that they will partner to co-develop wind turbines with optimised 3D-printed concrete bases, reaching record heights up to 200m. The three partners will undertake a multi-year collaboration to develop this solution, which will increase renewable energy production while lowering the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) and optimising construction costs. The partners will ultimately produce a wind turbine prototype with a printed pedest... |
GCC signs wind power agreement with Black Hills Energy11 May 2020, Published under Cement NewsGrupo Cementos Chihuahua (GCC) has signed a power purchasing agreement (PPA) with Black Hills Energy to supply GCC’s Rapid City cement plant with half of its power requirements in the next 15 years. By choosing low-cost renewable energy resources to power our business, we’re able to advance our business goals and sustainability objectives while also supporting the expansion of affordable, renewable energy development in the region,” said Ron Henley, GCC’s US division president. “Clean ener... |