Novelis Partners With Southern On Solar Plants

Sustainable aluminum rolling and recycling provider Novelis Inc. has announced a partnership with Southern Co. on decarbonization efforts. Their initial focus is on Novelis’ new Bay Minette plant, which aims to be carbon-neutral for greenhouse gas emissions scopes 1 and 2. Novelis said it will work with Southern subsidiary Alabama Power Co. to provide the project with renewable energy to reduce its scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions. By participating in Alabama Power’s Renewable Subscription Program, Novelis will directly support the creation of two new 80-MW solar power generation plants in Alabama that will cover more than half of the under-construction facility’s renewable energy needs, while avoiding 192 kilotons of CO2 emissions per year. Novelis and Southern will also collaborate to advance new technologies to reduce Novelis’ scope 1 carbon emissions, including hydrogen fuels, carbon capture, energy storage and electrification of thermal processes.