CRH Develops Wind Farm To Support Romanian Cement Factory
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 (Bernama) -- CRH, the provider of building materials solutions, has developed a new wind farm to provide renewable electricity to its Medgidia Cement Plant in Romania, the first of its kind in the country to exclusively power a cement plant.
It will meet a significant proportion of the Medgidia Plant’s annual energy requirements, helping to lower the carbon footprint of the products it produces while also contributing to Romania’s clean energy transition.
CRH Chief Sustainability Officer, Eunice Heath said: “This is a significant clean energy project for CRH and is one of the many ways we are helping to create a more resilient and sustainable built environment.
“Building a wind farm to power one of our cement plants demonstrates our commitment to decarbonising and providing lower carbon building materials solutions for our customers to help meet the changing needs of construction.”
CRH is actively investing in clean energy to help it provide lower-carbon products and solutions for its customers, according to a statement.
By increasing its use of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar at its operations and generating renewable electricity on-site, CRH is taking an important step toward delivering its industry-leading target to reduce absolute carbon emissions by 30 per cent by 2030.
The project commenced in August 2023, and the wind farm is now fully operational. Consisting of five turbines, it has a total installed capacity of approximately 30 megawatts (MW) and an estimated annual net production of 80 gigawatt hours (GWh), and will help reduce Romania's national energy related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 40,000 tonnes.
As the essential partner for transportation and critical utility infrastructure projects, complex non-residential construction and outdoor living solutions, CRH’s unique offering of materials, products and value-added services helps to deliver a more resilient and sustainable built environment.
-- BERNAMA