Fuat Tosyalı, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tosyalı Holding, stated that they have started investing for 1.2 gigawatts of solar energy capacity in 8 provinces in Türkiye and said, 'We will invest close to 1 billion dollars in this field. We will be the only steel company to meet our renewable energy needs in steel production with self-consumption.
Within the scope of the 55th Annual Meetings of the World Economic Forum (WEF) held in Davos, Switzerland, Tosyalı made evaluations on company investments and 'green steel production' in Turkiye to AA correspondent.
Stating that 70 % of the steel industry in the world is based on fossil fuels, Tosyalı pointed out that steel production is made especially with coal-based energy.
Tosyalı stated that this is a very high rate and said, '2 billion tons of steel is produced annually in the world. Considering that 70 % of this is produced with coal-based energies, this has a tremendous impact on global warming. The European Union has already started implementing the Carbon Control Mechanism at the Border, and there is the Paris Climate Agreement. Although fossil-based fuels are expected to be used in energy again, the share of renewable energy will increase day by day.
- 'We will be the only steel company to meet our share of renewable energy in steel production with self-consumption'
Underlining that the company has never produced steel with coal-based fuel, Tosyalı said that they produce steel with carbon emissions that are almost a quarter of the carbon emissions of coal-based fuels.
Pointing out that they are one of the companies producing steel with the lowest carbon emissions in the world, Tosyalı said, “This is not enough for us. We are increasing our share of renewable energy in steel production every day. We currently have 235 megawatts of solar energy capacity. However, we will increase this to 1.5 gigawatts. We have started investing in 1.2 gigawatts of solar energy in 8 different cities in Türkiye. In the next 1.5 years, we will realize this in 3 parts and we will invest close to 1 billion dollars in this field. We will be the only steel company to meet our renewable energy needs in steel production through self-consumption.
Stating that they do not use fossil-based fuels in their investments outside Türkiye, Tosyalı shared the information that their carbon ratio is around 600 kilograms per 1 ton of steel.
Tosyalı stated that they are closer to green steel production compared to their competitors abroad, and said, “In other words, while our competitors abroad have carbon emissions per ton around 2.5 tons, we are very close to green steel production with a production of 600 kilograms. As we increase our share of renewable energy, we will be serving green steel to the market with our green steel brand V-Green.
Tosyalı said that they are invited to invest in low carbon steel production technologies from many countries and emphasized that they are the number one investor especially in countries that are trying to establish new steel industries or want to develop their steel industries.
- 500 million dollar purchase plan in Europe
Touching on their investment plans for Europe, Tosyalı stated that they want to serve their capabilities in this field to businesses in Europe.
For this purpose, Tosyalı said that they are developing models to meet the raw material needs of enterprises that reach end consumers in these countries, adding that they are working on an acquisition plan that could reach 500 million dollars in size in different European countries.
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