SSAB will supply green steel for Vattenfall’s solar park in Germany

SSAB Zero steel will be used in support structures for solar panels

The Swedish steelmaker SSAB will supply Vattenfall with decarbonized steel for the construction of the Juliusburg/Krukow ground-mounted solar park in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. This was announced in a company statement.

SSAB Zero steel is used in the support structures on which solar panels are mounted. In total, more than 9,000 steel sections with a combined weight of 209 tons will be used.

Although solar energy already plays an important role in Germany’s energy transition, the construction of solar parks is still accompanied by emissions, SSAB notes.

“Such projects demonstrate how the climate impact of renewable energy production can be further reduced by taking responsibility for emissions in the supply chain as well. With SSAB Zero, we supply decarbonized steel with the same quality and properties as conventional steel,” said Matts Nilsson, Executive Vice President and Head of Sales at SSAB Europe.

According to Vattenfall, by using SSAB’s low-carbon steel, it reduces CO₂ emissions in the construction and supply chain by 67%.

The Juliusburg/Krukow solar park, with a rated capacity of 80 MW (peak), will be able to generate approximately 120 GWh of fossil-fuel-free solar electricity per year.

As a reminder, last November, SSAB signed an agreement with the energy company Vattenfall to supply 120 tons of fossil-fuel-free steel for the construction of the world’s first and largest dam gate, built with nearly zero carbon emissions during production.