Green wind power for steel production

Pioneering project by thyssenkrupp Steel and SL Naturenergie supplies Hagen steel location with renewable energy from nearby wind farm. The Hohenlimburg project is part of the decarbonization strategy at thyssenkrupp Steel.

thyssenkrupp Hohenlimburg, a subsidiary of thyssenkrupp Steel, is the first German industrial plant to receive locally generated wind power through a direct connection. With the green energy from the four new wind turbines installed by project partner SL Naturenergie, the company can now cover 40 percent of its average annual electricity requirements. Today, the Hagen plant was officially connected to the wind farm in the presence of Mona Neubaur, the State Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy.
As an intensive user of energy and emitter of CO2, thyssenkrupp is a company that is determined to make its production comprehensively climate-friendly in the future. The first direct reduction plant being constructed at the Duisburg site is at the core of these initiatives, and once operational, it will have the capability to prevent up to 3.5 million metric tons of CO2 from being emitted.The aim is also to decarbonize the supply and processing stages.
The green electricity project at thyssenkrupp Hohenlimburg is a role model, the company says: it has the potential to save 11 percent of the steel location's CO2 emissions as a first step, and there is scope for further expansion. Dr. Heike Denecke-Arnold, Chief Operations Officer at thyssenkrupp Steel: "The project at our location in Hohenlimburg forms an important part of our decarbonization efforts, and is a great example of successful local cooperation. The significance of steel in the turnaround in energy and climate policy is exemplified by wind energy in particular: after all, without the special product of electrical steel, no wind turbine can turn and electricity will not be able to be transported from where it is generated to where it is used. As one of the world's leading suppliers of electrical steel, we are thus contributing to a sustainable future in many respects: with our products themselves, and now also with their CO2-reduced manufacture."
Source: thyssenkrupp steel