HD Renewable Energy Partners with Greensteel to Drive Green Steel Transformation

(CNA, Hsinchu, May 19) Renewable energy provider HD Renewable Energy announced today that its ZEBRE platform has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with green steel manufacturer Greensteel Australia to jointly promote a renewable energy-driven green steel production model. In a press release, HD Renewable Energy stated that this collaboration will combine ZEBRE's 437MW of renewable energy assets and energy storage dispatch capabilities in South Australia to help Greensteel Australia build an ultra-low-carbon steel production base and enhance power supply stability and energy cost management. According to HD Renewable Energy, the MOU plans for ZEBRE to use its large-scale Australian renewable energy assets, such as the Templers energy storage project and the Solar River solar-storage hybrid project, to support Australian steel manufacturers in gradually adopting renewable energy supplies. The collaboration between ZEBRE and Greensteel Australia includes evaluating the construction of a 400MW large-scale battery system at the production site, paired with behind-the-meter storage and a power management system, to improve the stability of green electricity supply and flexibility of use. The two parties will plan the expansion of green power supply and storage capacity based on the future production capacity and electricity demand of the steel plant, laying an important foundation for the integration of Australia's heavy industry revitalization with large-scale renewable energy infrastructure. HD Renewable Energy pointed out that through the ZEBRE platform, it integrates local Australian renewable energy assets, energy storage projects, and power market operational capabilities. It also introduces its own TAITEN brand of containerized energy storage systems to provide rapidly deployable and modularly expandable power regulation infrastructure. In the future, it will continue to evaluate new deployment models such as containerized computing centers to provide low-carbon, stable, and cost-effective energy solutions for green steel, data centers, and other high-energy-consumption industries. (Editor: Lin Shu-yuan)