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Blastr Green Steel will potentially supply 150,000 tonnes of green steel per year from 2029 into Interfer Edelstahl Group’s portfolio of steel products.

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.

Describing the Lubmin project as “FID-ready,” HH2E co-founder and Board Member, Alexander Voigt, said the company was “transforming a temporary setback into a compelling investment opportunity.”

Chilean LNG firm GNL Quintero and Acciona Energía have received environmental approval for a 10MW green hydrogen project near Valparaíso.

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.

Aramco will use Topsoe technology to produce blue hydrogen at its natural gas liquids (NGL) recovery plant in Saudi Arabia.

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.”

While the land reservation comes just as a “preliminary decision,” Verso claims AFRY Finland assessed the likelihood of the project’s realisation as “high.”

The $1.6bn green hydrogen-based project will produce 400,000 tonnes per year by 2030 before it scales production up to one million tonnes per year.