Nissan uses solar aluminium for automotive body sheet

ABS is used by the Japanese automaker to form vehicle body panels such as doors and bonnets. EGA currently supplies thousands of tonnes of aluminium to Kobe Steel every year, in a business relationship that stretches back more than 25 years.

Solar aluminium for decarbonizing auto manufacturing

EGA CEO Abdulnasser Bin Kalban said: “EGA was the first company in the world to make aluminium using solar power, and we are proud that our CelestiAL metal will now be used in Nissan vehicles through Kobe Steel, as well as those of other leading global car companies. We look forward to increasing our production of CelestiAL over the years ahead, contributing to the decarbonization of EGA and of end user industries including auto manufacturing.” 

In 2021, EGA became the first company in the world to produce aluminium commercially using solar power through a partnership with Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, which operates a huge solar park in the desert outside Dubai.

EGA expects to vastly increase its production of solar aluminium

EGA expects to vastly increase its production of CelestiAL through an initiative with other national energy companies to divest its electricity generation assets and instead source power from the grid, including an increasing proportion of clean energy. The new steady power demand from EGA would increase the predictability of the overall power system, and advance the development of new solar energy projects. The scale of the expansion is expected to be greater than the current total installed solar generation capacity in the UAE and EGA would utilize this additional solar power once it is developed.

The use of solar power in producing EGA’s CelestiAL solar aluminium significantly reduces the emissions associated with aluminium smelting and provides an opportunity for end users to reduce their Scope 3 emissions.