German steel producer ArcelorMittal Bremen, a subsidiary of Luxembourg-headquartered global steel giant ArcelorMittal, has announced that it is cooperating with German wind energy project developer wpd to build a wind farm at its plants. wpd will build and operate up to 10 wind turbines with a total output of 72 MW at the ArcelorMittal Bremen plants in the coming years.
The renewable energy from the wind turbines will be used in ArcelorMittal Bremen’s steel production. “The cooperation with wpd is an excellent opportunity to generate and use green electricity locally. In order to achieve our goal of producing climate-neutral steel in Bremen by the mid-30s, it is imperative that we have sufficient CO2-free electricity at internationally competitive prices - for this we need further support from politicians,” Thomas Bünger, CEO of ArcelorMittal Bremen, said.