Hydro Alunorte, the world’s largest alumina refinery outside China, is using fuel switching, electrification powered by Brazilian renewables, and biomass integration to drive deep emissions cuts.
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Bright Spot | Hydro Alunorte
Hydro Alunorte, the world’s largest alumina refinery outside China, is leading the way in pragmatic industrial decarbonisation. Located in Brazil, the site is implementing a multi-phase strategy to reduce emissions while maintaining and even improving competitiveness. Its roadmap includes:
The site has already cut 700,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually through fuel switching and secured long-term renewable PPAs covering 60% of its power demand. Hydro Alunorte is demonstrating how incremental, cost-effective steps can deliver deep emissions cuts today while preparing for full transformation by 2040.
We are not in a low-cost producing region due to the price of energy and workforce. So, we need to build more on one of the strategic advantages we do have, which is sustainability.
Hydro Alunorte
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Bright Spot | Hydro Alunorte
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Mission Possible Partnership | MPP
Mission Possible Partnership (MPP) is an independent non-profit organisation advancing global clean industry transformation. Since 2019, we have been working with some of the most energy-intensive industries: aluminium, aviation, cement, chemicals, shipping and steel, to cut their nearly 25% of global GHG emissions.
We mobilise business, finance, government and civil society leaders to speed up the shift to clean materials, chemicals and fuels. Having charted sectoral pathways to net-zero, we continue to forge new territory, lifting the barriers to enable a critical mass of clean industrial projects to break ground by 2030.
Mission Possible Partnership has people and partners on the ground in North America, Brazil, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, India and Asia Pacific.
Industrial Transition Accelerator | ITA
The ITA is a global multi-stakeholder platform -managed by Mission Possible Partnership – to fast-track decarbonisation across heavy-emitting industry and transport sectors. It aims to significantly grow the pipeline of commercial-scale, clean industrial projects to reduce emissions by 2030.
Build Clean Now | BCN
Build Clean Now is a global campaign bringing together governments, companies and finance to accelerate the pace at which clean industrial projects are financed and built, year-on-year. It is led by the Industrial Transition Accelerator (ITA) and Mission Possible Partnership (MPP).
Meranti Green Steel is spearheading green steel development in Asia-Pacific.
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Bright Spot | Meranti Green Steel
Tracker maps announcements, final investment decisions and operations of net-zero-aligned projects across critical industrial sectors globally. The pipeline is growing, but rapid acceleration is needed. MPP urges collective action by governments, companies, and financial institutions to unlock investment barriers and fast-track progress.
VISIT | Global Project Tracker
Faustine will lead MPP’s growing portfolio of activities to unlock deep decarbonisation projects in industry, including live programmes in the US and Europe. The move signals a step-change for the organisation, which was founded in 2019 and recently established as a fully independent not-for-profit entity. With the Board’s backing, Faustine will lead a new strategic phase centered on supporting and unlocking decarbonisation projects across heavy industry and transport sectors, which together account for more than 30% of all global carbon emissions.
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