Steel will play an important role in all renewables, including and especially solar and wind. Each new MW of solar power requires between 35 to 45 tons of steel, and each new MW of wind power requires 120 to 180 tons of steel.
The solar market is divided into two areas. The first are smaller-scale rooftop panels mounted on homes, museums and stadiums. The second is utility-scale projects, which are larger consumers of steel. These plants produce a standard 100 to 300 MW of energy while some in development are approaching 1000 MW.
It is extensively used for offshore and onshore plants were oil and/or gas is mined, refined and stored, highly pressurized storage tanks, boilers, heat changers, reactors at power plants and many other applications. A wide variety of steel products are used, including hot rolled steel, plates and stainless steel.
Its typical applications include casing and tubing steel pipes that are some of the most critical components of mining oil or gas offshore or onshore. Also called “for oil wells” as opposed to “for transportation” this steel usually requires hot rolling before being used for this application.
It is extensively used for linepipes, one of the core components for transporting mined or refined oil or gas over offshore or onshore. You can choose from hot rolled steels and steel plates depending on where the pipe is to be used.
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