The recently concluded Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) between AGC and Luminus covers the entire production of 14 Luminus wind turbines in Ciney and Dinant, and the annual supply of ± 67 GWh of wind energy to AGC Glass Europe over the coming years.
This long-term contract will make a significant contribution to AGC Glass Europe's roadmap towards carbon neutrality. By increasing the share of renewable energy in the total energy consumption of its production facilities, AGC is making a further effort to make its production of glass for the building, automotive and other sectors even more sustainable. Thanks to the renewable electricity that will be purchased under the CPPA, CO2 emissions will be reduced by ± 13k tonnes per year. AGC also relies on green electricity produced locally at its production sites. To this end, Luminus built a wind turbine at AGC's Seneffe site in 2021, the first in the world for the glass producer. It avoids the emission of 1,3k tonnes of CO2 every year. In addition, Luminus and AGC intend to build a wind turbine on the AGC sites in Mol and in Zeebrugge, which should allow a further reduction of 4k tonnes of CO2.
Davide Cappellino, President of AGC Architectural Glass Europe and Americas: "We are taking another big step towards climate neutrality. Together with our partner Luminus, we are taking a holistic approach to using as much renewable electricity as possible, as part of AGC's roadmap to low carbon glass production.”