Steelmaking

Masdar and UAE steel firm EMSTEEL have completed a green hydrogen-based steel pilot project in Abu Dhabi.

Blue hydrogen will still account for 12% of the total hydrogen demand by 2050, a panel at the Hydrogen Technology Expo in Hamburg, Germany, has heard.

Blastr Green Steel is exploring the potential to supply 100,000 tonnes of hydrogen-based steel per year to Central Europe with metals processing firm Knauf Interfer.

India has selected three pilot projects to trial the use of hydrogen in steelmaking to receive a share of ₹ 347 crore ($47.2m) in funding.

SSAB has secured €128m ($138.8m) in funding to decarbonise its Luleå steel plant with green hydrogen thanks to European Commission approval.

Turkish steel company Erdemir will conduct a two-day hydrogen injection trial at its first blast furnace in collaboration with Linde.

The German government has allocated €2.8bn ($3bn) in funding to accelerate decarbonisation efforts, with up to five hydrogen-based projects expected to receive a share of the support.

Aquatech will provide an “end-to-end solution” for all water management requirements at Stegra’s green hydrogen-based steel plant in Boden, Sweden.

5MW of Plug Power electrolysers have been delivered to ArcelorMittal’s Bremen facility in Germany, as part of a green hydrogen-based steel production project.

“This is a win-win partnership for Brazil and Europe,” claimed Ludmila Nascimento, Director of Energy and Decarbonization at Vale.