Redekin – In order to promote decarbonization, electricity grid operator TenneT and WIEGEL Parey, an experienced supplier with many years of experience, are relying on the use of recycled steel in the construction of electricity lattice towers. During a factory tour, TenneT took the opportunity to take a close look at WIEGEL Parey’s lattice tower production in Redekin in Saxony-Anhalt.

Over the next 12 years, around 3,600 kilometers of new overhead lines will have to be built in Germany. This will require over 600,000 tons of steel. In this context, there is enormous potential for CO2 savings, which WIEGEL, as an environmental pioneer, wants to exploit for the ecological turnaround in Germany. Four extra-high-voltage pylons made from CO2-reduced steel are planned as part of the pilot project with TenneT. These are to be erected in the fourth quarter of 2024 in the district of Nienburg/Weser in Lower Saxony.

It is already clear that this is just the beginning of the sustainable energy transition in Germany, which TenneT and WIEGEL Parey are actively shaping together.