Manaʻo ʻia ka lako uila, e hoʻolōʻihi ʻia ka hale hana alumini ʻo Tiwai Point o Rio Tinto ma New Zealand e hana a hiki i 2044.

Ma Mei 30, 2024, Rio Tinto's Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant ma New Zealand ua hoʻopaʻa inoa maikaʻi i kahi pūʻulu aelike uila he 20 makahiki me nā hui mana kūloko. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rio Tinto Group ma hope o ke kau inoa ʻana o ka ʻaelike mana, hiki i ka mea kanu alumini electrolytic ke hana a hiki i ka makahiki 2044.

Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo New Zealand Electricity Companies Meridian Energy, Contact Energy, a me Mercury NZ i kuʻikahi me ka New Zealand Electrolytic Aluminum Plant e hāʻawi i ka huina o 572 megawatts o ka uila no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pono uila āpau o ka Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant ma New Zealand. Akā e like me ka ʻaelike, pono paha ka Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant ma New Zealand e hoʻemi i ka hoʻohana uila a hiki i 185MW. Ua ʻōlelo ʻelua mau hui mana e hoʻohui pū ʻia ka ikehu hou i loko o ka hale uila i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rio Tinto ma kahi ʻōlelo e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana ka ʻaelike i ka hana lōʻihi a hoʻomau o ka Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant ma New Zealand. E hoʻomau ka hana hoʻokūkū ʻo Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant ma New Zealand i nā metala maʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe, haʻahaʻa-carbon a loaʻa ke kākoʻo mai kahi kōpili ʻokoʻa o ka uila hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ma ka Mokupuni Hema o New Zealand.

Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Rio Tinto ua ʻae ʻo ia e kūʻai i kahi kuleana 20.64% ma Sumitomo Chemical's Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant ma New Zealand ma ke kumu kūʻai ʻole i hōʻike ʻia. Ua ʻōlelo ka hui ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ke kālepa ʻana, ʻo ka Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant ma New Zealand a me New Zealand ka 100% nona ka Rio Tinto.

Wahi a ka ʻikepili helu, ʻo ka nui o ka mana i kūkulu ʻia o Rio Tinto's Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plantma New Zealand he 373000 tons, me ka nui o ka mana hana o 338000 tons no ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa o 2023. ʻO kēia hale hana wale nō ka mea kanu alumini electrolytic ma New Zealand, aia ma Tiwai Point kokoke i Bluff ma Invercargill. Hāʻawi ʻia ka alumina i hana ʻia e kēia hale hana e nā mea kanu alumina ma Queensland a me ka Northern Territory o Australia. Ma kahi o 90% o nā huahana alumini i hana ʻia e ka mea kanu alumini electrolytic Tiwai Point ma New Zealand e lawe ʻia aku i Iapana.