Madrid, August 17th, 2023– GRI Renewable Industries, a global leading manufacturer of wind turbine components (GRI), and Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui), a global company with a diversified portfolio of trading, investment and business activities across various industries, have signed a memorandum of understanding in which they agreed to study the opportunity to form a joint venture for the investment in an industrial plant for the manufacturing of towers to supply the growing U.S. off-shore wind sector, targeting SOP within 2026.
In addition, Nucor Corporation, North America’s largest steel producer and recycler, will serve as a strategic supply chain partner for the joint venture, providing sustainable steel for off-shore wind tower construction, including heavy-gauge steel plate.
This production facility will be located in the East Coast of the United States. Both Mitsui and GRI are already carrying out a detailed analysis of the potential locations for the plant.
About GRI
Since 2008, GRI Renewable Industries (gri.leproducer.com/) has been developing its core business of manufacturing wind towers and flanges being one of the leaders in the wind energy sector. Currently, it has 19 manufacturing plants in 8 countries with over 5,500 employees supplying high-quality wind towers and flanges to the wind energy industry worldwide.
