ball Corporation has announced the signing of two virtual power purchase agreements (VPPA) in Europe, one for the project New Corral, located in Valladolid, with wpd and another for the project brattmyrliden with Falck Renewables, which represents a total of 93,4 megawatts (MW) of additional wind energy. These agreements not only demonstrate Ball's commitment to achieving and maintaining 100% renewable energy in Europe, but will also allow the company to meet about 63% of the demand for electrical energy in its can manufacturing plants. of beverage in Europe (excluding Russia) with new renewable energy.
Advances in wind power in Spain and Sweden will allow Ball to reduce its Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions in Europe by nearly 60% compared to 2019, equivalent to the reduction in its carbon footprint achieved by withdrawing more than 47.000 cars in circulation in a year. Ball's goal is to address 100% of its electrical footprint in the region with clean energy, for which it will seek power purchase agreements whenever possible. At the moment, the company is acquiring Energy Attribution Certificates (EACs) and has recently announced obtaining EACs to fully cover its operations in the European Union, Serbia and the United Kingdom until 2020.
"These unprecedented agreements confirm Ball's strong commitment to reducing our carbon footprint both in our operations and throughout the value chain," he says. Kathleen pitre, Commercial and Sustainability Director of Ball Corporation. "Both projects will allow us to cover a substantial part of our electricity demand in Europe with new wind energy and accelerate progress towards the science-based targets we have recently approved."
