Vestas' turbines to produce greener steel
An Eon subsidiary has ordered wind turbines for a German hydrogen project aiming to reduce CO2 emissions from one of Europe's largest steel plants by millions of tons.
BY MAZ PLECHINGER
CO2 emissions from raw material processing and component production is a major conflict facing the wind energy industry. For instance, manufacturing one Vestas model V136-4.2 MW machine – especially if paired with the tallest 166-meter tower – requires several hundred tons of steel produced in coal-fired blast furnaces.
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