According to thyssenkrupp Steel, the completed PPAs will supply renewable electricity to three subsidiaries. The company says green power now accounts for at least 30% of the electricity supplied to those operations. Its Hohenlimburg subsidiary has also received electricity directly from a neighboring wind farm since summer 2024.
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The agreements increase renewable-power coverage across thyssenkrupp Steel’s downstream operations and diversify procurement among four suppliers and two generation technologies. Commercially, they strengthen the subsidiaries’ renewable-electricity sourcing, although the supplied claims do not disclose contract duration, pricing or cost effects.
MetalMate analysis- Contracted volume: around 230 GWh across four finalized PPAs.
- Counterparties: Quadra Energy, Statkraft, Centrica Energy and Sunnic Lighthouse.
- Power sources: newly commissioned German solar PV installations and German onshore wind farms.
- Company-reported renewable share: at least 30% of electricity supplied to the three subsidiaries.
- Hohenlimburg has separately sourced power directly from a neighboring wind farm since summer 2024.
Watch for disclosure of delivery periods, allocation among the three subsidiaries, pricing structures and whether renewable coverage rises beyond the company-reported minimum of 30%.
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Decarbonization of steel production: thyssenkrupp Steel signs contracts securing supply of 230 GWh of green electricity for subsidiaries — thyssenkrupp Steel
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