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.
The voestalpine Group plans a 30% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions and a 25% reduction in Scope 3 emissions by 2029.
In addition to optimising the production process, voestalpine is focusing on the use of renewable energy.
Voestalpine is working on developing highly innovative technologies and production processes.
DRI/HBI is expected to play a prominent role in the decarbonisation of the steel industry.
In recent decades, Voestalpine has reduced air emissions and energy consumption to a technological minimum.
As part of the EU-funded H2FUTURE project, partners voestalpine, VERBUND, Siemens, Austrian Power Grid, K1-MET and TNO are researching into the industrial production of green hydrogen as a means of replacing fossil fuels in steel production over the long term.
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