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Sustainability and the environmental impact of PV plants is fast climbing up the agenda. Indeed, it is becoming increasingly essential to consider the entire life cycle of PV when making decisions about materials and products. For PV plants, mounting systems have a key role to play in improving solar’s green credentials, from the perspective of both projects and companies.

Steel is the material of choice when it comes to mounting systems due to its relative low cost, robustness, infinite recyclability potential, and its long-term durability when combined with the latest generation of protective coatings against corrosion. Given these benefits, and combined with new production technologies, the use of steel will continue to grow in popularity when it comes to the engineering and manufacturing of mounting structures with a minimised environmental footprint.

Backing up these assertions, pv magazine Webinar partner, ArcelorMittal, a leading supplier of steel and a major actor in the solar industry, will join us to talk about its foray into the world of low CO2 steel and present solutions to improve mounting structure design, durability, and environmental impact.

One of the company’s focuses is to promote the adoption of higher strength steel products which have the potential to reduce the weight of components by up to 30% via structural design optimization, to reduce costs and, simultaneously, lower CO2 emissions.

It is also continuing to strengthen the corrosion resistance of its Magnelis coated steel to increase the lifetime of solar investments. Complementing this, is the product’s design and manufacturing process, which uses less natural resources and generates less run-off in soil and water, among other benefits.

Overall, ArcelorMittal’s goal is to create a circular steel economy. To achieve this, it has launched its XCarb program, and has already earmarked US$10 billion to reduce its European CO2 emissions intensity by 35% by 2030 and be carbon-neutral by 2050. The program encompasses circular carbon and carbon storage projects, and clean power generation. It further aims to use hydrogen instead of natural gas in the direct reduction of iron ore (DRI).

Join ArcelorMittal Europe’s Jérôme Guth, Solar Segment Leader, Corinne Dieu, Product leader for Metallic Coated Steels, and Hugo Campos, Sustainable Development Manager, to discover steel solutions that not only offer environmental benefits and improved durability but that can also make a significant step in achieving the sustainability goals required for your business and our planet.

pv magazine Webinar content

• The benefits of Magnelis coated steel , for increasing durability, including for foundations in soils or concrete
• The benefits of high strength steel, in terms of weight, cost, and CO2 footprint reduction
• Additional benefits in terms of preservation of natural resources and processability
• Reducing steel’s CO2 footprint and boosting sustainability credentials via such steps as using recycled materials, electric furnaces, implementing circular carbon technologies, and using renewable electricity.
• XCarb Green steel certificates and associated customer benefits.
• Q&A

We encourage you to ask questions, which can be submitted beforehand or during the webinar through a chat window. Becky Beetz, Head of Content at pv magazine, will be the moderator of this webinar.

Registration for this pv magazine Webinar is free of charge.
Presenters
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Jérôme Guth
Solar segment leader, ArcelorMittal
After graduation in Metallurgical engineering, Jérôme Guth held several positions in the automotive segment of the group, in R&D, as a production manager of Electro galvanised steels, as a resident engineer and later as head of advanced automotive engineering at Arcelor, with the objective to introduce new steel grades for weight reduction at car manufacturers. In 2006, Jérôme moved to global headquarter in Luxembourg at the CEO office of Flat Product Europe.

In 2009, he joined ArcelorMittal construction industry and was appointed Managing Director of a profiling subsidiary of ArcelorMittal producing structural profiles for building & solar applications. In 2014, he headed the business development for the construction market, and since 2016 he holds the responsibility for our Metallic Coated steels Product portfolio, Magnelis® and the solar market developments.
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Corinne Dieu
Product leader for Metallic Coated Steels, ArcelorMittal
After graduation in Mechanical engineering, Corinne Dieu held several positions, in process improvement and in ArcelorMittal Global R&D as project leader for metallic coated steels and energy management. In 2012, she became Product Developer for the Industry R&D portfolio and piloted the development of Magnelis® coating.

In 2019, she joined the marketing organization of ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products as Product Leader for the Metallic Coated steels portfolio.
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Hugo Campos
Sustainable Development Manager, ArcelorMittal
Hugo is an expert in environmental sustainability. He joined ArcelorMittal group in 2015, after graduating in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London. He has held various sustainability-related positions within the company, with a focus on climate strategy and decarbonisation.

In 2020, he joined the ArcelorMittal Europe organisation to lead its XCarb® program, amongst other responsibilities. He works closely with the commercial teams to ensure that the company’s approach to climate action is meeting and exceeding customer expectations.
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Becky Beetz
Moderator | Head of content, pv magazine
Becky has managed the online presence of pv magazine International since its inception in 2010. She is currently responsible for content development across all platforms, including global and regional websites, events, webinars, roundtables, and other special projects. Before relocating to Berlin, Becky worked as a B2B journalist and editor for Special Publications in Scotland.
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