SSAB says it will be supplying decarbonised steel to Vattenfall for the construction of the ground-mounted solar park Juliusburg/Krukow in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
The steel, SSAB Zero, produced from recycled scrap using fossil-free electricity and biogas, will be used in the supporting structures on which the solar panels are mounted. In total, more than 9,000 steel profiles will be used, with a combined weight of 209 tonnes, SSAB informs Kallanish.
“The electricity generated from this solar farm will help reduce Germany’s dependence on imported fossil fuels. But for us fossil freedom does not end with electricity generation – it starts right at the beginning of the supply chain,” says Claus Wattendrup, head of solar and batteries at Vattenfall.
CO2 emissions will be reduced by 67% along the supply and construction chain, compared with conventional steels, Vattenfall notes. The energy group also uses reduced carbon emissions steels in its wind farm projects Clashindarroch (UK), Nordlicht I and Nordlicht II (North Sea).
The Juliusberg/Krukow solar park will have a capacity of 80 megawatts, and an annual electricity yield of 120 gigawatt hours, the approximate amount to feed 30,000 households.
