Pueblo’s EVRAZ Steel Mill to run largely on clean energy through new partnership
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- EVRAZ Steel Mill in Pueblo will now be powered largely through clean energy.
Through a partnership with Bighorn Solar, EVRAZ Steel Mill will be the biggest steel plant in the world to run largely on solar energy. Also, Bighorn will be the largest on-site solar facility in the U.S. for a single customer.
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Officials say Bighorn is lighting the way towards decarbonizing steel production while helping preserve more than 1,000 family-wage manufacturing jobs at the EVRAZ plant.
Construction of the solar facility created more than 300 local jobs.
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The project officially launched Wednesday. Senator Michael Bennet, Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera, and Pueblo Mayor Nick Gradisar were in attendance.
For more information on the partnership, click here.