Na Mee 30, 2024, Rio Tinto's Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant dị na New Zealand bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta ọkụ eletrik afọ 20 nke ọma. Rio Tinto Group kwuru na mgbe mbinye aka nke nkwekọrịta ike, ụlọ ọrụ aluminom electrolytic ga-enwe ike ịrụ ọrụ ruo mgbe opekata mpe 2044.
Ụlọ ọrụ eletriki eletrik New Zealand Meridian Energy, Contact Energy, na Mercury NZ abanyela nkwekọrịta na New Zealand Electrolytic Aluminum Plant iji nye ngụkọta nke 572 megawatts nke ọkụ eletrik iji gboo mkpa ọkụ eletrik niile nke Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant na New Zealand. Mana dị ka nkwekọrịta ahụ si dị, Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant dị na New Zealand nwere ike ịchọrọ iji belata oriri ọkụ ruo 185MW. Ụlọ ọrụ ọkụ abụọ ekwuola na a ga-etinyekwa ume ọhụrụ na ọkụ eletrik n'ọdịnihu.
Rio Tinto kwuru na nkwupụta na nkwekọrịta ahụ na-eme ka ọrụ ogologo oge na-adịgide adịgide nke Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant na New Zealand. Osisi aluminom nke Tiwai Point Electrolytic dị na New Zealand ga-aga n'ihu na-asọmpi na-emepụta ọla dị ọcha dị elu, nke nwere obere carbon ma nata nkwado sitere na pọtụfoliyo dị iche iche nke ọkụ eletrik na South Island nke New Zealand.
Rio Tinto kwukwara na ya ekwenyela ị nweta oke 20.64% na Sumitomo Chemical's Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant na New Zealand n'ọnụ ahịa akọwapụtaghị. Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ kwuru na mgbe emechara azụmahịa ahụ, Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant na New Zealand na New Zealand ga-abụ 100% nke Rio Tinto.
Dabere na data ndekọ, mkpokọta arụpụtara ikike nke Rio Tinto's Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant.na New Zealand bụ 373000 tọn, na ngụkọta mmepụta ikike nke 338000 tọn maka dum afọ nke 2023. Ụlọ ọrụ a bụ nanị electrolytic aluminum osisi na New Zealand, emi odude ke Tiwai Point nso Bluff na Invercargill. Alumina nke ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe a na-emepụta bụ ihe ọkụkụ alumina na Queensland na Northern Territory nke Australia. Ihe dị ka 90% nke ngwaahịa aluminom nke Tiwai Point electrolytic aluminom osisi na New Zealand na-ebupụ na Japan.
Oge nzipu: Jun-06-2024