“No one has yet managed to produce aluminum with such low energy consumption and high productivity as Hydro is now planning to do,” the company noted.

We are actively achieving a goal to use as little energy as possible to create high-quality sustainable aluminium.

The Ultra cells are expected to operate with an energy consumption of 11.5-11.8 kWh/kg aluminum. We certify that dedicated parts of our production hold among the highest standards in the world, also in a climate perspective, because we believe that when our customer’s footprint shrinks, their opportunities expand.

Hydro Karmøy produces aluminium products used in plates and profiles in the construction and automotive industries, and aluminium wire for high voltage lines, among other applications. 0 Comments.

A total of NOK 4.3 billion has been invested in the project, including NOK 1.6 billion in support from the government energy conservation agency ENOVA. 1910: What became of Professor Birkeland? June 4, 2020 The reality is that we’re not re-inventing the wheel. The 60 new HAL4e electrolysis cells will be capable of producing 75,000 tonnes of aluminum per year when they start production in the fourth quarter of 2017. by Andrea Svendsen

Hydro has tested the new technology, HAL4e, in a limited number of full-scale production cells at its research center in Årdal, Norway. 1910: What became of Professor Birkeland? Hydro REDUXA is verified according to ISO 14064 by DNV GL, covering all carbon emissions from bauxite mining and alumina refining to the production of aluminium in electrolysis and casting. 1908: Of course the workers must have houses, 1905: A new working day – 2 December 1905. We are actively achieving a goal to use as little energy as possible to create high-quality sustainable aluminium. Business integrity and responsible sourcing, Industrial applications and consumer durables, Strip and sheet for marine and transportation, Three things you should know about sustainable design, Meet the team behind the Tom Dixon + Hydro collaboration, Plain foil for medical and pharmaceutical packaging, Painted aluminium sheet for building and construction, Mill-finished strip and sheet for architectural applications, Hydro Coat for License Plates and Road Signs, Using personal identification information, President and CEO and Corporate management board, Norwegian code of practice for corporate governance, 2013: The world's biggest manufacturer of aluminium extrusions, 1996: Ormen Lange a fortune in the Halten bank, 1987: Cleaning up the dark side of industry, 1966: A unique collaboration between two men with quite different backgrounds, 1950: The metal is magnesium, the car is the Beetle, 1947: Årdal: light at the end of a long tunnel, 1939: Holidays at Hydros cabins by the sea and in the mountains, 1930: Cooperation and market shares during the depression, 1919: Research as driving force and inspiration. Hydro REDUXA is our brand of low-carbon aluminium. In addition to this, 12 test cells under development — known as HAL4e Ultra cells — will be installed based on the identical technology platform as the HAL4e cells. It is this technology that is now being tested in a full scale production plant. “The technology Hydro has developed represents a quantum leap for climate-friendly and green industry,” says Hydro President and CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg. The technology pilot at Karmøy is an industrial-scale test plant, which Hydro’s will use to verify its new technology for aluminum electrolysis — which the company believes is the world’s most climate and energy efficient. Using renewable energy from water (hydro power), wind and solar, we can produce cleaner aluminium, reducing the carbon footprint per kg of aluminium to 4.0 which is less than a quarter of the global average. We also have three casthouses, one delivering extrusion ingot for profile production, another producing wire rod for high voltage cables and a sheet casthouse for the rolling mill. Hydro REDUXA is available in low-carbon extrusion ingots, low-carbon foundry alloys, low-carbon sheet ingots and low-carbon wire rod.