Sustainable energy solutions
Steel making is a vital contribution to delivering the energy mix of the future.
Our electrical steels are supplied into various markets where they are used to generate, transmit or facilitate the use of electrical power. The advantage of electrical steels is that their application reduces CO2 emissions by reducing energy losses. Increasingly, electrical steels are being incorporated into renewable energy technologies, and we are working with our customers to develop more energy efficient transformers and electrical steel grades for traction motors of hybrid vehicles and wave power generators.
Corus’ specialist aluminium roofing business, Kalzip, has developed AluPlusSolar, an integrated roofing sheet with a flexible thin film laminate containing a highly efficient solar energy technology known as triple junction amorphous silicon photovoltaic. AluPlusSolar projects contribute 1,500MWh to Europe’s energy needs.
More than 1.4 million m2 of Kalzip roofing has been installed on 780 school projects since the millennium. A number of UK schools are providing a blueprint for sustainability by saving energy and even selling it back to the National Grid through the specification of AluPlusSolar roofing system.
For example, at Sandbrook Community Primary School, Rochdale, the 200m2 assembly hall roof features an 8.7kW AluPlusSolar PV system. It captures solar energy to provide electricity as well as heating water. A display panel in the school’s entrance educates visitors on the amount of electricity being generated and CO2 savings.
Levenshulme High School, also in Greater Manchester, features a 6.7kW AluPlusSolar PV system that provides around 4,500kWh of renewable electricity per year. The roof of the new leisure centre powers lighting and electrical equipment.
“Pelamis” is an innovative technology generating electricity from wave power. Our steel plate is used to fabricate the wave energy device which will form the world’s first wave farm off the coast of northern Portugal. Each machine is capable of producing 750kW of power. Full commercialisation would typically produce 22.5MW, sufficient to supply electricity to 15,000 households.
Our steel plate is used by the world’s leading wind turbine manufacturers for many demanding applications, including onshore and offshore wind towers and their foundations. For example, our steel was used in the manufacture of 80m high towers for the Capricorn Ridge wind farm project in the USA. With 65 turbines, the wind farm produces enough electricity to power 65,000 households. We also continue to play a leading role in helping to shape the future requirements of the renewables industry through our membership of the British Wind Energy Association.
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