Steel producer Tenaris is to invest $190m in a 101MW wind farm to supply its Siderca mill in Argentina.
The project, which will be located in Adolfo Gonzales Chaves in the province of Buenos Aires, will feature 24 4.2MW turbines.
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It will supply 509 gigawatt-hours of electricity a year, close to 50% of Tenaris’s electricity requirements at Siderca and reduce CO2 emissions by 152,000 tonnes a year.
Tenaris Environment senior director Carolina Bengochea said: “This is a milestone for Tenaris. Building a wind farm that will provide nearly half of the electric consumption of Siderca is a firm and clear step toward reducing emissions.”
The wind farm is expected to become operational in the second half of 2023.