BMW in 'world-first solar aluminium' deal as auto's green options grow
2 February 2021 9:49 GMT Updated 2 February 2021 9:49 GMT BMW has signed up as the world’s first user of ‘solar aluminium’ made using power from a giant PV plant in the Dubai Desert. The German automotive giant agreed a supply deal with Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) for 43,000 tonnes of its new CelestiAL brand of the lightweight metal, billed as the first to be commercially produced using solar. BMW reckons it will reduce its emissions by 220,000 tonnes of CO 2 annually by using the green metal, which is made in a foundry taking power from the massive Mohammed bin Rashid Al Mak...