-2,20%Empowering the Energy Transition
Aperam is pushing the material limits of energy transition.
Building on our expertise in high-tech alloys and stainless steel, we have launched a triple revolution:
- Placing our R&D at the center of our operations to identify and qualify material responses to the technical challenges of the most relevant segments of the energy transition.
- Leveraging our industrial strengths through targeted investments to produce the required material solutions on a larger scale and in higher volumes.
- Serving our customers and building on our metallurgy and circular economy engineering to co-design, prototype and scale up the right energy transition solutions.
Addressing Potential Shortages of Key Materials
Responsible for more than 3/4 of global greenhouse gas emissions, the energy sector will need to be completely transformed in the coming decades.
Significant investments will be required and potential material bottlenecks pose a worrying challenge. Choosing the right materials and taking into account total cost of ownership, sustainability and technical requirements are all critical to the success of the energy transition.
Stainless steel, nickel alloys and electrical steels play a key role by providing high performance solutions at controlled costs for all stages of the transition.
Optimize Energy Consumption
Energy efficiency improvements must double every year by 2030 to meet climate targets. Our material solutions help optimize consumption:
Our stainless steels are essential in the industry for efficient heat exchangers and in heating networks.
We have a broad and certified range of stainless steels for the heating systems used in buildings, including brazed heat exchangers for heat pumps.
Our carbon-free electrical steels are essential for electric motors and compressors.
Improve Energy Grids and Storage
Our wide range of patented stainless steels and alloys are helping to build the equipment and infrastructure needed to transport, store and distribute carbon-free energy.
In Brazil, our carbon-free electrical steel, produced from our sustainable charcoal assets, leads the market for power transmission and distribution transformers, a booming segment due to ongoing massive electrification.
In the liquefied gases segment, we have been the leading supplier of specialty materials for transportation and storage for 60 years. Liquefied gases provide the flexibility needed to integrate renewable energies.
Green Hydrogen is essential to decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors. We have been developing solutions adapted to different hydrogen production, transport and storage technologies for 10 years.
Reduce Energy Production’s Carbon Footprint
Decarbonization is a fundamental pillar of the energy transition, with renewables expected to account for more than 80% of new power capacity by 2030. Our wide range of stainless and alloy solutions are used in low carbon energy production.
We provide long lasting solutions for renewable energy, including solar PV, concentrated solar power applications, biogas and geothermal. In Brazil, we are also a pioneer and leader in material solutions for the biofuels industry.
Our highly corrosion-resistant and high temperature-resistant solutions significantly reduce the end cost of CO2 capture and conversion to e-fuel.
Our solutions are used for the nuclear production of energy and nuclear waste storage.
