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Unique global low-carbon deal for offshore wind

Vestas chooses XCarb® recycled and renewably produced heavy plate from ArcelorMittal in the world’s first offshore wind farm using low carbon-emissions steel.

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ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products and Vestas, the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions, have established a partnership to deploy low carbon-emissions heavy plate in wind turbine towers. The turbines will be supplied by Vestas and situated in a new wind farm off the coast of Poland which will be operated by Baltic Power.



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A 66-percent reduction in CO2 emission intensity per kilogram of heavy plate is achieved using recycled steel and renewable electricity.

The slabs are produced at ArcelorMittal’s Industeel steel mill in Charleroi (Belgium) using almost 100-percent steel scrap which is melted in an electric arc furnace powered by 100% wind energy. The steel slabs are then transformed into XCarb® recycled and renewably produced heavy plates at ArcelorMittal’s heavy plate mill in Gijón, Spain.

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The slabs are produced at ArcelorMittal’s Industeel steel mill in Charleroi (Belgium) using almost 100-percent steel scrap which is melted in an electric arc furnace powered by 100% wind energy.

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“It was a pleasure to meet Henrik Andersen to discuss our partnership with Vestas. This cooperation illustrates the power of partnerships that span the whole supply chain: they accelerate change and move us closer to the large-scale use of low carbon-emissions steel to build the infrastructure of the future”, notes Geert Van Poelvoorde, CEO of ArcelorMittal Europe.

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From left to right: Geert Van Poelvoorde, CEO ArcelorMittal Europe and Henrik Andersen, CEO Vestas.

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Dieter Dehoorne, Head of Global Procurement at Vestas.

The 1.2 GW Baltic Power wind farm will consist of 76, V236-15.0 MW offshore wind turbines which will supply power to around 1.5 million homes in Poland. Fifty-two of the towers will utilise the low carbon-emissions steel. “Heavy plates for towers are one of the biggest contributors to Vestas’ Scope 3 emissions,” notes Dieter Dehoorne, Head of Global Procurement at Vestas. “So they are a key focus of our sustainability transformation as a company and this announcement is a massive leap towards tackling this challenge. We expect the interest in low carbon-emissions plates to grow in the coming years.”

Laurent Plasman, CMO Industry at ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products believes the Baltic Power project could be the first of many low carbon-emissions projects which will provide electricity for homes and industry across Europe: “This partnership sends a strong message that it is possible to start building the renewable energy infrastructure Europe needs with low carbon-emissions steel made in a European supply chain. Having a strong partnership throughout the supply chain is vital to achieve this.”

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Laurent Plasman, CMO Industry at ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products.

Dieter Dehoorne concludes: “When we use low carbon-emissions steel on European projects, there is a clear benefit to also source steel made in Europe. It reduces transport emissions and, in some cases, helps us to meet local content requirements. In the larger picture, we need to find solutions to decarbonise projects globally, and make low carbon-emissions steel a possibility for projects in all geographies.”

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XCarb® recycled and renewably produced heavy plates can be used to form both on- and offshore wind turbine towers.

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