The global producer of mines and metals, Rio Tinto, has granted to Atkinsréalis Group Inc., Montreal, a managing engineering, hiring and construction management contract for the estimated modernization of $ 1.2 billion from his hydroelectric power station at 448 MW in Alma, Quebec. The manufacturer says that the updating of the almost centenary installation will be the largest investment in its hydroelectric assets since the 1950’s. Rio Tinto is one of the largest private hydroelectric producers in Canada.
The project will involve replacement eight of the 12 turbine groups on the plant, hired in GE Vernova and update the entrances and water passages. Illa-Maligne promotes five regional fosy of carbon aluminum. The first turbine replacement will end in 2026, with all the architectural, structural, electrical and mechanical systems of plants 2032.
The new project follows $ 183 million in previous turbine work. Rio Tinto has seven hydroelectric plants in Quebec and British Columbia. He has also spent $ 1.1 billion since 2023 to expand a casting of aluminum in Saguenay, Quebec and install low carbon foundry technology. The values of the contract of Atkinsréalis and GE Vernova did not spread.
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The demand for commercial energy projected in the United States increases by 2025, from June 10, with a 5% rise by 2026, until the previous growth forecast of 2% for two years. The increase is related to the most use of power use of the Data Center in Texas and the region of transmission of interconnection of PJM MULTIATATE. The use of total United States will increase a new record of 4.9 kilowatts-half in 2025.
Source: United States Energy Information Administration
The island-Maligne plant has been a “Rio Tinto’s strategic asset for 100 years,” said Sébastien Ross, director general of his Atlantic aluminum operations. The investment will guarantee the long -term competitiveness of the low carbon production of cans and aluminum materials for vehicles and military aircraft in North America, he added. Despite Trump’s administration’s rates for Canadian aluminum imports, Rio Tinto is waiting for $ 4 billion in capital investments in the world facilities this year, Bloomberg said.
