Energy company Vattenfall and steel producer Salzgitter are pushing ahead with their joint goal of decarbonising industrial production processes. A new power purchase agreement (PPA) provides for fossil-free electricity from the Nordlicht 1 offshore wind farm to be available for steel production from 2028. “The electricity partnership with Salzgitter underlines our long-term strategy at Vattenfall … Continue reading Offshore wind for green steel: Vattenfall and Salzgitter AG enter into electricity partnership
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Funding boost for hydrogen and low emissions iron & steel research
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today announced it has awarded $59.1 million in funding across 21 research projects to support research and development (R&D) and commercialisation activities covering renewable hydrogen and low emissions iron & steel. The funding has been provided to research teams from some of Australia’s … Continue reading Funding boost for hydrogen and low emissions iron & steel research
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G20 Countries Can Close the Loop for a Circular Steel Sector
The steel sector is one of the most significant contributors to climate change, responsible for about 7% of global energy-related carbon emissions. In its recent outcome document, the G20, at its Ministerial Environment and Climate Ministers’ Meeting, recognised “that the steel sector is fundamental for comprehensive economic development, especially in developing countries yet its environmental … Continue reading G20 Countries Can Close the Loop for a Circular Steel Sector
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Hydrogen DRI for Steel in a Resource-Constrained Europe: How Much Renewable Electricity is Needed to Decarbonise the Sector with Green Hydrogen
The European Union (EU) is the world’s second largest steel producer after China, with an annual production capacity of about 150 million metric tons in 2021 and home to over 500 steel production sites in 22 member states. The sector is a vital component of the EU’s economy, directly providing jobs for around 310.000 people … Continue reading Hydrogen DRI for Steel in a Resource-Constrained Europe: How Much Renewable Electricity is Needed to Decarbonise the Sector with Green Hydrogen
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On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $50 million for two funding rounds targeting research and development (R&D) for renewable hydrogen and low emissions iron and steel. Funding for successful research and development projects will be provided over two phases, with an initial laboratory-based research phase followed … Continue reading Investing in home grown research for hydrogen and steel
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Ensuring access to critical materials for steel and wind energy sectors essential for EU clean-tech economy
The European wind industry and the European steel industry play a key role in enabling Europe’s clean tech economy. The upcoming EU Critical Raw Materials Act must account for the strategic role of this key value chain. It must ensure access to all critical materials for wind and steel, including rare earths, nickel, manganese, copper, … Continue reading Ensuring access to critical materials for steel and wind energy sectors essential for EU clean-tech economy
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Green hydrogen for Acciaierie di Sicilia
EGP and Acciaierie di Sicilia are launching a new project for the production of green hydrogen: a sustainable solution to reduce the steel industry’s high greenhouse gas emissions. A new Enel Green Power project is taking off in Sicily that will see green hydrogen used to power heavy industry. The initiative, which is called “Sicilian … Continue reading Green hydrogen for Acciaierie di Sicilia
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Policies to decarbonise steel industry and raise demand-side voice for net-zero steel
Ørsted, a founding member of the SteelZero initiative, is teaming up with a global coalition of corporate first-movers to set out steps governments must take to support the steel industry in its drive to achieve net-zero emissions. With the new SteelZero policy principles paper, the coalition wants to help policymakers speed up the transition to … Continue reading Policies to decarbonise steel industry and raise demand-side voice for net-zero steel
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EU Commissioner for Energy visits HYBRIT pilot plant in Luleå
Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy, visits the HYBRIT pilot plant in Luleå during her visit to Sweden, to experience the world’s first completely fossil-free value chain for iron and steel production. HYBRIT is jointly owned by SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall. Commissioner Kadri Simson is on a two days visit to Sweden starting in Luleå … Continue reading EU Commissioner for Energy visits HYBRIT pilot plant in Luleå
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HYBRIT: The world’s first fossil-free steel ready for delivery
SSAB has now manufactured the first fossil-free steel in the world and delivered it to a customer. The test delivery is an important step toward a fully fossil-free iron and steel production value chain and a milestone for the HYBRIT partnership between SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall. In July, SSAB Oxelösund rolled the first steel produced … Continue reading HYBRIT: The world’s first fossil-free steel ready for delivery
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Vattenfall to begin industrialization of future fossil-free steelmaking by establishing the world’s first production plant for fossil-free sponge iron in Gällivare
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are now taking a new, decisive leap forward in their work to make fossil-free steel for the global market. Industrialization of the technology being developed through HYBRIT will start in Gällivare, northern Sweden, where the world’s first production plant for fossil-free sponge iron – from feedstock to steel – is being … Continue reading Vattenfall to begin industrialization of future fossil-free steelmaking by establishing the world’s first production plant for fossil-free sponge iron in Gällivare
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Ørsted joins the SteelZero initiative to support transition to low-carbon steel
The renewable energy company sees low-carbon steel as critical to achieving a carbon-neutral supply chain by 2040, and important to meeting global climate goals. SteelZero, a global initiative to drive market demand for net-zero emissions steel, was launched today with support from major steel-using organisations, including Ørsted. The steel industry contributes about 7 % of … Continue reading Ørsted joins the SteelZero initiative to support transition to low-carbon steel
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HYBRIT’s next step receives support from Swedish Energy Agency
The Swedish Energy Agency has decided to contribute SEK 22 million in support to HYBRIT – SSAB’s, LKAB’s and Vattenfall’s joint initiative for fossil-free steel – for a comprehensive feasibility study. The study is part of the work on the planned demonstration plant, which is an important link in the development of an overall fossil-free … Continue reading HYBRIT’s next step receives support from Swedish Energy Agency
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SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall to start up the world’s first pilot plant for fossil-free steel
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are taking a decisive step toward fossil-free steelmaking with the start-up of HYBRIT’s globally unique pilot plant for the production of fossil-free sponge iron. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven started up the plant together with Isabella Lövin, Minister for Environment and Climate and Deputy Prime Minister, Martin Lindqvist, President and CEO … Continue reading SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall to start up the world’s first pilot plant for fossil-free steel
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Nucor’s in Sedalia, Missouri, is set to be the first U.S. steel plant to run on wind energy
Although recycled steel plants run by renewables can make a dent in the industry’s carbon footprint, steel contributes as much as 6% to 7% of total greenhouse gas emissions. The steel industry has a massive carbon footprint, as much as 6% to 7% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a Rocky Mountain Institute … Continue reading Nucor’s in Sedalia, Missouri, is set to be the first U.S. steel plant to run on wind energy
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Good quality and cost-competitive steel central to success of wind energy industry manufacturing in Europe
Access to good quality and cost-competitive steel is a key pillar to the success of the European wind power industry. It enables the industry to compete effectively both against conventional energy sources and in third country wind energy markets. WindEurope is alarmed therefore by the decision to render the existing safeguard measures on steel imports … Continue reading Good quality and cost-competitive steel central to success of wind energy industry manufacturing in Europe
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