Hydrogen

Hydrogen

Green hydrogen is the key to further development of producing green steel. The current rapid development of green hydrogen production as a clean source of energy will allow the steel industry to take major steps in creating a future for emissions free steel. Large scale electrolyses from clean power sources will be needed however to enable the further development of green steel production in the coming decades. Below the latest news on hydrogen for steel production.

Ovako to inaugurate hydrogen plant at its Hofors mill

Ovako, the leading European manufacturer of steel and one of the largest steel recyclers in the Nordic countries, is inaugurating the hydrogen plant at its Hofors mill which marks a significant milestone in the effort towards a more sustainable steel industry, with the potential for substantial reductions in global emissions.

POSCO named Sustainability Champion of World Steel Association for two years in a row

Ten companies registered their names on the Sustainability Champions this year, and POSCO held the honor to be selected as the Sustainability Champion both last year and this year.

H2 Green Steel to work with Anglo American on low carbon steelmaking

H2 Green Steel and Anglo American have signed an MoU to work together on low carbon steelmaking value chains. Anglo American set out an ambition in 2021 to reduce its Scope 3 emissions by 50 per cent by 2040.

GSW 2023: Meet Vulcan Green Steel at world-class gathering of experts

Sustainability is rooted deep into VGS’s ethos, ergo the company is one of the sponsors and exhibitors of GSW, which aims to facilitate effective dialogue and exchange ideas for the rapid decarbonisation of the steel industry.

Sarralle provides green hydrogen-powered state-of-the-art technology to Spanish steelmaker

Sarralle has installed the first ladle preheating station capable of running entirely on green hydrogen, achieving zero CO2 emissions in this ladle.

Mobilaris and H2 Green Steel to collaborate on digital solutions

Mobilaris and H2 Green Steel have signed a letter of intent to collaborate for the use of digital solutions during construction, and later operations, of H2 Green Steel’s large-scale steel plant in Boden in northern Sweden.

Blastr planning four-billion-euro investment into a green steel plant in Inkoo, Finland

The green steel plant together with the integrated hydrogen facility will be among the largest industrial investments planned in Finland to date. Blastr aims to cut the CO₂ emissions of its end products by 95 per cent.

Fortescue, Mitsubishi Corporation, Primetals Technologies, voestalpine sign green steel deal

The partnership is aimed at designing and engineering an industrial-scale prototype plant with a new process for net-zero-emission ironmaking at the voestalpine site in Linz, Austria.

Ovako gets environmental permit to build fossil-free hydrogen plant for low CO2 steelmaking

The new hydrogen plant in Hofors will make Ovako the first in the world to heat steel with fossil-free hydrogen prior to rolling.

SMS group company Paul Wurth delivers 100% hydrogen DRI Plant for H2 Green Steel

The new plant, located in Boden in northern Sweden, will be the first worldwide to produce green steel at scale by replacing coal with green hydrogen.