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ArcelorMittal at WindEurope: valuable insights
19 April 2024From 20-22 March 2024, ArcelorMittal played a significant role in WindEurope’s annual event held in Bilbao, Spain. The ArcelorMittal team of experts engaged in three panel sessions, contributing valuable insights to the wind industry. Stephane Tondo, Head of Climate Change - Governmental Affairs, participated in the session ‘Can the wind industry reduce its dependency on Asia?’. Jose Manuel Carvalho, Head of Renewable Energy Business, participated in the session ‘Electrifying transport, heat, and industry with wind’, part of the ‘Electrifying industry / steel’ theme. Denis Parein, Sales and Marketing director for Heavy plates Europe participated in the session ‘Floating offshore wind’, part of the ‘Mobilising Industry through Auctions and Volume’ theme. These sessions provided great opportunities for knowledge exchange, collaboration, and forward-thinking discussions. ArcelorMittal remains committed to advancing sustainable solutions in the wind energy sector.
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ArcelorMittal at WindEurope: valuable insights
From 20-22 March 2024, ArcelorMittal played a significant role in WindEurope’s annual event held in Bilbao, Spain. The ArcelorMittal team of experts engaged in three panel sessions, contributing valuable insights to the wind industry.
- Stephane Tondo, Head of Climate Change - Governmental Affairs, participated in the session ‘Can the wind industry reduce its dependency on Asia?’.
- Jose Manuel Carvalho, Head of Renewable Energy Business, participated in the session ‘Electrifying transport, heat, and industry with wind’, part of the ‘Electrifying industry / steel’ theme.
- Denis Parein, Sales and Marketing director for Heavy plates Europe participated in the session ‘Floating offshore wind’, part of the ‘Mobilising Industry through Auctions and Volume’ theme.
These sessions provided great opportunities for knowledge exchange, collaboration, and forward-thinking discussions. ArcelorMittal remains committed to advancing sustainable solutions in the wind energy sector.
Supply chain collaboration: a path forward
The WindEurope ‘Offshore wind supply chain workshop’ provided a constructive and collaborative exchange forum where key actors from the European wind industry engaged in discussions about overcoming challenges across different development phases, from bid preparation to decommissioning.
Nicolas Messias, ArcelorMittal Segment Leader for Wind, had the possibility to exchange on the challenges inherent to the European steel industry (steel being the main material in volume on wind projects) in the context of growing demand related to offshore wind, decarbonisation, and the recent evolution of the European legislative environment (NZIA, CRMA, etc).
This workshop was a more-than-welcome, well-organised initiative by WindEurope that enabled a diverse range of stakeholders to foster a collaborative and inclusive approach, paving the way to innovative solutions for rapid scaling up of offshore wind installations.
ArcelorMittal’s saline resistant weathering steel: a breakthrough in offshore applications
The WindEurope event showcased an array of research posters, each delving into diverse topics and offering delegates a chance to engage with authors and explore their work. Among these, ArcelorMittal’s poster on saline resistant weathering steel, created by Krista Van den Bergh, Senior Project Engineer, ArcelorMittal Global R&D Gent, stood out earning recognition and an award.
Offshore environments pose unique challenges for steel structures due to the aggressive conditions induced by seawater and atmospheric chlorides. ArcelorMittal’s research and development efforts have led to the creation of a cost-effective corrosion-resistant steel substrate. Key findings include:
- Strength achievement: mechanical characterisation revealed that an S420 strength level can be comfortably achieved for plates of 20 mm thickness. Moreover, this strength level remains within reach for plates as thick as 50 mm.
- Real-world testing: the focus now shifts to corrosion testing of the industrially produced saline resistant weathering grade. Special attention is being given to atmospheric exposure testing at marine locations.
High strength offshore steel plates play a pivotal role
David Quidort, R&D engineer for Industeel, participated, presenting a poster on another critical topic: high strength offshore steel plates. These plates, with a yield strength of 690 MPa, play a vital role in the elevating system of jack-up installation vessels used for offshore wind projects.
As the number of offshore wind projects continues to surge, there is a growing need for high-end jack-up installation vessels capable of handling the demands of larger wind turbines. These vessels must withstand harsh marine conditions while ensuring safe and efficient installation.
Industeel has developed a range of 690 MPa offshore structural steel plates specifically designed for this purpose. These plates, with thicknesses ranging from 210 mm to 250 mm, provide the necessary strength and durability for the elevating systems of modern wind turbine installation vessels. As the offshore wind industry scales up, these high strength steel plates will continue to play a pivotal role in supporting clean energy generation.
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The circularity of steel
Circularity is certainly not a new concept in the world of steel, and it covers much more than simply recycling scrap steel…
The 3 Rs
Reduce. One way we may protect primary materials and improve circularity is by using less steel. Advanced high strength steels, such as ArcelorMittal’s Amstrong®, Amstrong® Ultra, and HISTAR®, are all being utilised to optimise weight in construction, reducing the amount of steel required.
Reuse. Upon reaching the end of its life, steel can be fully recycled and reused so it makes sense to reuse it when possible. This reduces carbon emissions as no new steel needs to be produced.
Recycle. When it comes to recycling, the fact that steel is magnetic is a major benefit. Steel is more easily extracted from waste streams than any other material. In doing this, it is guaranteed that almost all steel is collected and recycled into new steel products.
Circularity of by-products
Natural resource preservation can benefit from the by-products of industries, such as the steel industry. With the help of ArcelorMittal's Smart Carbon technology, carbon from waste streams, such as responsibly sourced construction wood waste, can partially replace the coal used in blast furnaces.
The Smart Carbon technology also allows for the integration of carbon capture and reutilisation (CCU) or storage (CCS) technologies. It is possible to recover and reuse carbon emissions from the steelmaking process, thereby potentially producing a product with zero carbon emissions. According to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the International Energy Agency, these technologies are essential to reaching net-zero steel production by 2050.
ArcelorMittal Gent in Belgium has recently commissioned the Torero plant. The project will reduce the amount of fossil coal required by transforming waste wood into bio-coal for use in the blast furnace. Using bio-coal results in a bio-gas which can be transformed into ethanol at the plant’s Steelanol (Carbalyst) facility. The bio-ethanol can then be used in the production of a variety of chemical products, such as transport fuels, which will help the chemical sector circumvent the use of fossil fuels.
ArcelorMittal’s Innovative DRI (direct reduced iron) pathway is another technology being developed. DRI, along with recycled steel, is a key metallic input in an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF). DRI is commonly produced using natural gas; however, Innovative DRI instead uses an alternate, clean energy source such as hydrogen. It is possible to create zero-carbon DRI if the hydrogen is produced using renewable electricity.
Steel will continue to play a significant role in the circular economy of the future – benefitting society, the environment, the economy, and our future – with the help of these initiatives.
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Updated XCarb® recycled and renewably produced EPDs
Updated Environmental Product Declarations for XCarb® recycled and renewably produced flat products are available now on Constructalia.
Keeping you up-to-date
The following XCarb® recycled and renewably produced flat product EPDs have been updated as per The International EPD® System:
- XCarb® recycled and renewably produced heavy plates
- XCarb® recycled and renewably produced cold rolled coils
- XCarb® recycled and renewably produced hot rolled coils
- XCarb® recycled and renewably produced pickled and oiled hot rolled coils
- XCarb® recycled and renewably produced hot dip galvanised steel coils with Magnelis® coating
- XCarb® recycled and renewably produced hot dip galvanised steel coils with zinc coating
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ArcelorMittal and EIB announce €280m in funding for research and innovation supporting ArcelorMittal’s decarbonisation objectives
The €280m loan granted to ArcelorMittal by the European Investment Bank (EIB) aims at supporting ArcelorMittal’s European research and development programme and the associated capital expenditure in the fields of environmental, climate, and energy projects over the period 2021-2023.
It will help the group reach its ambitious climate action goals and thus reduce the environmental footprint of its manufacturing facilities, steel products, and technological solutions. ArcelorMittal Europe has committed to reduce CO2 emissions intensity by 35% by 2030, with the ArcelorMittal group having set a 2050 net-zero emissions target.
Research & Development as the engine to reduce carbon emissions
This partnership between the EIB and ArcelorMittal is backed by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the central pillar of the Investment Plan for Europe. In general, at least 40% of EFSI infrastructure and innovation projects aim to contribute to climate action in line with the Paris Agreement. This project will also contribute to EU industry’s leadership as a provider of high-tech steel grades, products, and solutions.
New products, process improvements, and technical solutions are expected to bring significant positive environmental results in terms of direct and indirect greenhouse gases emission reduction.
The research and development activities supported through the new investment will be carried out primarily in ArcelorMittal’s existing R&D facilities in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Spain.
Innovation is key - and important for Europe's steel industry
Greg Ludkovsky, Vice-President of ArcelorMittal and Head of Research and Development, said: "This funding will help Global R&D to further enable ArcelorMittal’s ambitions to reduce its environmental footprint in terms of its operations and its products. We will be able to expand our work to develop environmentally sustainable, high-added value, cost-effective, and disruptive products and manufacturing processes."
Ambroise Fayolle, EIB vice-president underlined the fact that "the signing of this agreement between the European public bank and ArcelorMittal will support a major European player in the steel industry with a deep focus on higher value-added steel products. These investments will play a key role in ArcelorMittal’s carbon footprint reduction strategy and therefore contribute to the European green deal, aligned with the terms of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
Kris Peeters, Vice-President of the EIB, said: "The steel sector is a vital sector for the European economy. As no other sector, the steel sector is faced with the need to constantly reinvent itself and make its production processes more efficient and less burdensome vis-à-vis the environment. This requires a constant investment in innovation."
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