Tk Hohenlimburg’s medium wide strip rolling mill intends to lift the share of green power in its energy consumption from currently 40% to 100%, Kallanish learns from an online post by thyssenkrupp Steel.
Two years ago, the unit started sourcing electricity from the wind park of SL Natur Energie, which is also located in the Hohenlimburg district of Hagen. The local connection made the mill the first German industrial manufacturer to have a direct feed from a neighbourhood wind park, the company claims.
SL Natur Energie is a wind power company that predominantly seeks partnerships with local companies and municipalities in North Rhine Westphalia.
It operates 180 wind power plants on 36 sites, with a combined annual power production of 1.2 terawatt hours, which it says avoids the emission of 835,00 tonnes of CO2. Its Hohenlimburg park site started operating in mid-2004, and has a capacity of 55 gigawatt hours/year.
