The top concrete reinforcing steel producer and rebar fabricator has signed a 15-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement with EDF Renewables North America for 250 megawatts of new solar array-derived energy in Texas. A first for Charlotte, N.C.-based Nucor Corp., the agreement represents the steel industry’s largest electricity procurement vehicle of its kind and positions EDF Renewables to add more clean energy to the South Central power grid.
PHOTOS: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, North Carolina
Nucor Steel Texas, Jewett, is one of 13 U.S. mills supplying Nucor Corp. subsidiary Harris Rebar, the leading fabricator, installer and distributor of concrete reinforcing steel.