Ruukki will supply steel with a coating for a solar thermal power plant in Morocco

Ruukki signed a contract for the supply of nine thousand tons of high -strength steel with a metal coating for the Spanish company Cie Egana. The material will be used by CIE EGANA for the manufacture of supporting levers for parabolic reflectors in the new Thermoslar plant, which will be built in Morocco. The new object will have an output of 125 megavatts of energy, which makes it one of the largest in the world and the first built in Morocco. This country remains today the leader of "green technologies" on the African continent and, in particular, develops construction of wooden houses with environmentally friendly power supply sources.

The supply of Ruukki, which will begin in early 2014, consist of high -strength steel coating, which should strengthen and facilitate structures, providing excellent surface protection due to the coating of Galfan, which prevents corrosion and prolongs the service life of products. Protection is a key factor for a design that will be exposed to extreme weather conditions.

Tony Harris, Vice President of Sales in Western Europe and Africa in Ruukki said that "we are one of the few suppliers capable of providing strong steel covers, which is preferred for this kind of application. To ensure this contract of Ruukki, to provide light and long-term solutions that ensure resistance to the environment environment ".

Highly plastic steels Ruukki allow CIE EGANA to use innovative stamping technologies that use vast experience in the automotive industry in order to reduce weight and cost while reducing the installation installation time. Previously, such structures were built using welded tubular products.