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Steam generator tubes & Nuclear environment products Read moreBioenergy
Boiler tubes and solutions for corrosion resistance Read moreOffshore Wind
Secondary steels and solutions for offshore wind foundations Read moreSolar construction
Tubes and solutions for PV power plants in challenging areas Read moreGeothermal Energy
Exploration, production, injection Read moreCarbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS)
Insure safe transport and monitor storage for decades Read more
Shaping the future of low-carbon and renewable energies
Vallourec provides increasingly integrated products and services to bioenergy producers and innovative low-carbon and renewable energy projects.
Biomass and nuclear power plants, geothermal wells, photovoltaic panels, offshore wind turbines, and hydrogen refueling stations are among the various projects benefiting from our expertise in tubular solutions.
Bringing heat from the ground
Geothermal wells extract heat in the form of water or steam to generate electricity or feed district heating. A low-cost, renewable energy, geothermal is a rapidly growing sector but operators are facing numerous challenges to capitalize the natural resource efficiently.
- High temperatures
Our proprietary higher-yield and controlled yield strength materials combined with our VAM® Connections resist high temperature and offer high compression resistance. - Corrosion
We offer a wide range of corrosion-resistant steel grades from carbon steel sour service grades to chrome and corrosion resistant alloys (CRA). - Well integrity
Because unstable formations such as geological faults can cause casing failures, Vallourec develops proprietary high collapse grades to guarantee the highest collapse values. - Product lifetime
Vallourec offers comprehensive portfolio and technical support on material selection. - Cost efficiency
Vallourec’s international footprint with production facilities in every continent will ensure the most competitive route for your project.
Innovative solutions for offshore wind projects
Vallourec is supporting offshore wind farm operators with a variety of tubular solutions that make wind farms safer and more durable. Our experience with offshore wind projects allows us to find cost-effective, low risk solutions for wind farm installations.
With PREON� marine, Vallourec is changing the way offshore wind turbines are installed. This innovative technology, using elements constructed from hot rolled MSH sections, is a cost competitive, low-noise installation method for offshore wind farm foundations. Our environmentally-friendly solution protects the seabed and significantly reduces underwater noise.
Long-lasting, reliable tubular solutions for nuclear power plants
For over 45 years, Vallourec has offered products and expertise to the nuclear power industry, providing safe, durable tubes to plants around the world. Benefitting from a unique track record, the Group is a trusted partner in nuclear power, having provided reliable tubular solutions to 50+ nuclear sites worldwide.
Steel tubes in a wide range of materials and dimensions are among the key components of nuclear power plants. They need to withstand extreme conditions during use, including high pressures and temperatures, and meet the highest safety standards.
Vallourec has been providing tubular solutions for the primary circuits of pressurized water reactors since 1974. Our tubular products in nickel alloys and stainless steels offer superior quality, for a very demanding industry.
As a leading producer of tubes, we are heavily involved in providing utilities with highly safe and quality products to ensure long-lasting plant operations.
Supporting advanced solar projects
Solar power is the conversion of sunlight into electrical energy. This can be achieved directly with photovoltaic panels, or indirectly with solar power plants that make use of global solar irradiation.
Vallourec promotes renewable energies by designing tubes for photovoltaic panels and taking part in innovative projects that develop solar power.
Quality tubes from Vallourec are integrated into the design of photovoltaic panels worldwide: solar trackers, car park solar shade structures, agricultural photovoltaic panels and rooftop solar panels.
Concentrated solar power plants (CSP) feature another type of indirect solar power generation. They function similarly to fossil-fueled power plants: hot steam is generated, driving a steam turbine that produces electricity. In CSP power plants, the heat source is the sun. Lenses and mirrors concentrate the sun’s rays on an absorber that heats up a heat-carrying medium.
Vallourec is currently participating in RAISELIFE, a project funded by the EU to extend the lifetime of materials for concentrated solar power plants.
Producing energy from biomass and waste
Vallourec provides tubes for biomass, waste-to-energy and biofuel projects in order to produce renewable energy.
Biomass consists of organic matter from plant and animal origins. Power plants can use biomass instead of conventional fuels as an energy source in order to produce electricity. They can also produce energy by burning industrial waste, in a transformation process called waste-to-energy.
Biofuels are fuels derived from biomass and can be used as a substitute for conventional fuels.
Vallourec supplies biomass power plants with tubes, from simple grades (grade A and B) to alloy steels (16Mo3, T4), manufactured in our factories in Europe and Brazil.
New innovations to support renewable energy projects
Vallourec is constantly exploring new ways to use its expertise to promote renewable and low-carbon energy sources and reduce carbon emissions.
Vallourec’s product and solutions offering works well with hydrogen, which are adapted to withstand high-pressure storage and complex environments.
It covers several stages of the value chain, for instance:
- Underground storage in salt caverns (leveraging the expertise of oil and gas wells),
- High-pressure and high-capacity storage for refueling stations: Vallourec has a strong know-how in the production of large thick-walled tubes for storing compressed and liquid gas intended for piston accumulators for hydrogen refueling stations.
- Pipeline transportation: our expertise in the lifecycles of different materials will be instrumental in evaluating and monitoring the development of hydrogen pipelines or of its injection into regular gas networks. Studies are ongoing and a full range of products and solutions is available.
Our ambition is to further support the development of the main hydrogen applications, e.g. in mobility, joining forces with partners to finetune hydrogen-specific offers.
