Steel Plant Installs Solar Power Generation

Can solar power a steel mill?

In a step toward decarbonizing the emission-intensive steelmaking industry, Evraz North America is building the world’s largest solar-powered steel plant. A 300-megawatt solar farm will power Evraz’s Rocky Mountain Steel mill facility, using more than 750,000 solar panels on 1,800 acres south of Pueblo, Colorado.

Who is the general contractor for a new steel plant?

The general contractor on the project is Fargo, North Dakota-based Wanzek Construction, according to the Pueblo Chieftain. Evraz, a Chicago-based engineered steel producer, partnered with Lightsource BP and Xcel Energy on the project, which began in 2019.

What is the Rocky Mountain Steel solar project?

The solar project is just one component of the facility’s efforts to reduce its environmental impacts. The Rocky Mountain Steel facility, which employs about 1,000 workers, captures nearly all the dust its furnace produces and repurposes it for products such as fertilizer and rubber tires.

Is Evraz the greenest steel facility in the world?

“As each new acre of solar panels is installed, we find ourselves closer to our goal of making EVRAZ in Pueblo one of the greenest steel facilities in the world,” Skip Herald, CEO of EVRAZ North America, said in a statement. EVRAZ is Xcel Energy’s largest retail electric customer in Colorado.

What is Xcel Energy's Evraz solar project?

EVRAZ is Xcel Energy’s largest retail electric customer in Colorado. Xcel says this project allows it to abate 433,700 metric tons of carbon emissions per year, the equivalent of 92,100 fuel-burning cars. The solar project is just one component of the facility’s efforts to reduce its environmental impacts.