Renewable energy

Marine structures, such as floating solar schemes and offshore wind farms, are exposed to challenging corrosive conditions. Under extreme conditions, only the best materials are able to perform. Material selection, together with the methods used to protect against corrosion, plays an important role in determining the reliability, maintenance needs and lifetime of marine structures.

Switching to stainless steel, with its inherent corrosion resistance, offers the potential to reduce life cycle costs as well as the impact on health and safety and the environment.

Outokumpu duplex stainless steel offers a cost-effective and sustainable solution that offers particular advantages for marine structures. This family of materials combines both austenitic and ferritic microstructures to offer the best properties of each main type of stainless steel: corrosion resistance and high strength. Duplex grades offer further advantages such as extended fatigue life and high hardness that gives better resistance to wear and erosion.