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July 05, 2010
Gerdau Ameristeel named DOE Energy Champion
Gerdau Ameristeel, the second largest mini-mill steel producer in North America, was recently named to the Department of Energy’s 2010 list of the nation’s Energy Champions, thanks in large part to energy savings at the company’s Knoxville scrap recycling and rebar production plant.
Some of the energy savings come as a result of the Department of Energy’s Save Energy Now program, coordinated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Through implementation of 40 percent of the Save Energy Now program’s suggested improvements at a cost of about $500,000, the Knoxville plant experienced a 47 percent savings in natural gas usage and 18 percent in total energy savings each year. In one month, the plant — one of the largest recyclers of scrap steel in East Tennessee — uses as much energy as a town of 15,000 people.
From Staff Reports - Originally published: July 02. 2010 3:01AM
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