SSAB to provide green hydrogen-derived steel for Amazon’s data centre construction
Amazon has agreed to purchase green hydrogen-based steel from SSAB for one of the three new data centres it is building in Mälardalen, Sweden.
Amazon has agreed to purchase green hydrogen-based steel from SSAB for one of the three new data centres it is building in Mälardalen, Sweden.
Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro has announced plans to cancel its green hydrogen business, citing challenging market conditions, although it will continue to back a hydrogen-fuelled smelting pilot project.
Swedish green steelmaker Stegra has signed a six-year electricity supply agreement with Uniper for a total of 6TWh to power its inaugural green hydrogen-based steel plant.
Aditya Mittal, Chief Executive of Arcelor Mittal, said the firm was “very grateful” for the government support it had received, but added, “The scale of the challenge requires further policy initiatives to unlock increased investment.”
ArcelorMittal Poland will build a hydrogen production plant for its Kraków branch, which stopped using coal for coke production in July.
Mining major Rio Tinto will supply iron ore pellets from Canada to a hydrogen-based ironmaking project in France.
Tata Steel plans to import liquid hydrogen produced in Norway to the Netherlands for use in its steelworks.
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.
