Nucor Steel Berkeley
Large load · 1455 HAGAN AVENUE, Huger, SC
Nucor Steel Berkeley in Huger, Berkeley County, South Carolina, produces up to 3.5 million tons a year of flat-rolled sheet and structural steel from recycled scrap. State-owned Santee Cooper provides its power. In 2022 Nucor announced a $200 million modernization program including a new air separation unit and a $425 million galvanizing line, both with Santee Cooper grants. The mill's electrical demand and its power contract terms are not published in the sources reviewed.
Overview
- Contracted demand
- 300 MW
- operating · May 1, 2015
Nucor Steel Berkeley has operated along the Cooper River since 1996, and Nucor has invested $1.3 billion in the plant. It makes flat-rolled sheet steel from recycled metal and other products, with a workforce of 975 people in 2022. Output is up to 3.5 million tons of flat-rolled sheet and structural steel a year, for the agriculture, automotive, appliance and construction industries among others.
Profile
- Santee Cooper as supplier and grant partner
- State-owned utility Santee Cooper provides power to the Nucor plant. Santee Cooper also provided a grant to support the air separation unit project and another to help pay for upgrades at the site, alongside a grant from the SC Department of Commerce Coordinating Council for Economic Development. Nucor thanked Santee Cooper, the state and Berkeley County for their support on the galvanizing line.
- Modernization and galvanizing line announced in 2022
- On August 30, 2022 Nucor announced $200 million of mill modernization over five years, including a new air separation unit to be operated by its UIG LLC subsidiary and supply all the industrial gases the mill needs. On September 28, 2022 it announced a $425 million galvanizing line expected to be complete in mid-2025, adding about 50 jobs.
Facility
- Activity
- Flat-rolled sheet and structural steel made from recycled scrap
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Reported Aug 30, 2022
Grid connections
- Utility
- Santee CooperReported
- Substation
- Not identified
- Point of interconnection
- Not identified
- Interconnection request
- Not identified
Related records
Timeline
- Aug 30, 2022
- Nucor announced $200 million of modernization at Nucor Steel Berkeley including a new air separation unit
Nucor to Add Air Separation Unit at its South Carolina Sheet and Beam Mill
- Sep 28, 2022
- Nucor announced a $425 million galvanizing line at the Berkeley County mill
SC: With $425M Investment, Nucor Corp. to Expand in Berkeley County, Creating 50 New Jobs | Trade and Industry Development