Vedanta Aluminium Secures 1335 MW Renewable Energy Deal for Green Future
Vedanta Aluminium has announced that it has signed long-term power delivery agreements in order to source 1335 MW of renewable energy to power its operations. The firm made the announcement on the occasion of Akshay Urja Diwas. The agreements will see Vedanta Aluminium use a mix of both solar and wind energy, which will together contribute to its operations across Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Through this, the firm will also be able to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The firm will be able to cut around 3.2 million tonnes of CO2 per year, which it said will be “significant” considering its decarbonisation efforts.
The firm is also looking to use biofuels to run its operations. To fuel its operations, the firm has started using biomass pellets and briquettes produced from agriculture residue. Such biofuels use has been seen across its operations, including at BALCO (Chhattisgarh), Jharsuguda (Odisha) which is also the “home to one of the world’s largest aluminium smelters”, and Lanjigarh (Odisha). Vedanta Aluminium’s largest world-class alumina refinery is at Lanjigarh.
In the past two years, the firm has used 11.29 KT of biofuels which has caused a reduction of 16.07 tonnes of CO2 emissions.