
8,600 photovoltaic panels on the roof of its European Logistic Center.
The project submitted by ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions, a subsidiary of the ArcelorMittal group, as part of the call for projects launched by the Luxembourg government in October 2022 among companies located in the Grand Duchy with a view to supporting the creation of photovoltaic installations enabling the self-consumption of the electricity produced, has been selected.
As part of world leader ArcelorMittal’s decarbonisation strategy, this 5MWp project is installed on the roof of the ArcelorMittal European Logistic Centre (AMCLE, entity of the Distribution Solutions subsidiary), located in the Haneboesch area of Niederkorn. With a covered area of 75,000 m2 and 17 storage halls, the site handles the distribution of beams throughout Europe to ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions branches and customers. The project covers half of the available roof surface.



The energy produced by this facility is expected to exceed 4,600 MWh per year. AMCLE will thus be self-sufficient in terms of electricity consumption and will improve its carbon footprint. The surplus will be used primarily by ArcelorMittal’s industrial facilities in Luxembourg.
Henri Reding, Country Head ArcelorMittal Luxembourg said: "Following the inauguration at the end of 2021 of our 3MWp floating photovoltaic farm on the pond of Differdange, this project is a further example of ArcelorMittal’s commitment to improving its environmental impact by optimising its energy performance through the generation of renewable energy. The completion of this project opens up interesting prospects for all our facilities in Luxembourg".
This is confirmed by Jean-Baptiste Courtier, CEO ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions: "It’s an important project, representative of our subsidiary’s commitment to decarbonisation. It will help us to meet our 2030 targets (-75% carbon emissions linked to electricity consumption), bearing in mind that we have launched other projects in Spain, Germany and France. At the same time, we are actively involved in promoting XCarb® steels from recycled and renewable sources.
For Frédéric Weissenburger, Head of the AMCLE site, “this project is a great satisfaction for our site. The size of the project makes it the largest photovoltaic project to date in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the ArcelorMittal group. The site has obvious advantages. In addition to the building’s capacity to take the extra load represented by the photovoltaic panels, we have a 20KV electricity grid capable of redistributing the production. We are also very satisfied by the fact that we completed the project without a single accident, guaranteeing the safety of the personnel involved by a daily commitment during the four months it took to install the modules on the roof. It was a real challenge that our service provider’s staff and our employees who supervised the work were able to rise to. I give them full credit for this success.
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Key figures
- 8,606 photovoltaic panels of between 575 and 585 watts installed on half of the AMCLE roof.
- Maximum power of the panels: 5 MWp
One megawatt-peak (MWp) corresponds to 1 million watt-peaks. The watt-peak is the unit used to measure the power of photovoltaic panels, corresponding to the production of 1 watt of electricity under normal conditions for 1,000 watts of light intensity per m2 at an ambient temperature of 25°C. - 11 inverters and a transformer to convert the DC voltage generated by the panels into AC voltage before increasing the voltage to 20,000 volts.
A solar inverter is a converter that transforms the electrical current (known as direct current) from photovoltaic energy into alternating current, producing renewable energy. - Expected production: more than 4,600 MWh/year. Some of the electricity produced will be consumed by the company itself, while any surplus will be sold internally to ArcelorMittal Luxembourg.
The megawatt-hour (MWh) is the energy unit of measurement for electricity and gas. 1 MWh corresponds to 1000 kilowatt hours (kWh).
