Project Type: Fuel Switching
Saarstahl Green Steel Dillinger
September 25, 2024The new production route will include an electric arc furnace (EAF) at the Völklingen plant and an EAF and direct reduced iron (DRI) plant for the production of sponge iron at the Dillinger plant, in addition to the established blast furnace route. The capacity of the plants will be about 3.5 million tons of crude […]
Liberty Ostrava GREENSTEEL
September 25, 2024LIBERTY signed a contract with Danieli, a leading global manufacturer of plant and machinery, for the delivery of two state-of-the-art hybrid electric arc furnaces at the centre of Ostrava’s GREENSTEEL transformation plan. The new furnaces, the first of their kind in Europe, will have a combined capacity of 3.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) and […]
Liberty Galati GREENSTEEL
September 25, 2024LIBERTY Steel Group aims to invest up to €1 billion over the next seven years in the LIBERTY Galati GREENSTEEL transformation plan. The key element of the project is installation of two electric arc furnaces, a DRI plant and an integrated MI.DA minimill. The new furnaces are expected to reduce CO2 emissions per tonne of […]
H2 Green Steel Sweden
September 25, 2024H2 Green Steel will be the world’s first renewable hydrogen-based integrated steel mill. This plant will be fully integrated, transforming virgin raw materials into finished steel. Works will start in 2022 and the site is expected to be operational by 2025. N/A 2025 Sweden Boden Fuel Switching| Electrification
HYBRIT Sweden
September 25, 2024The HYBRIT technology involves replacing the blast furnace process, which uses carbon and coke to remove the oxygen from iron ore, with a direct reduction process where we use fossil-free hydrogen produced from water using electricity from fossil-free energy sources. The HYBRIT initiative receives support from the Industrial Leap (Industriklivet), the Swedish Energy Agency’s program […]
Plug Kristinestad
September 25, 2024In 2023, Plug announced a 1GW project to produce green hydrogen in Kristinestad, Finland. This project, using Plug’s electrolyzer products combined with Finland’s carbon dioxide-free energy, is focused on decarbonizing the production of direct reduced iron (DRI) in partner GravitHy’s planned factory. 1000 MW 2030 Finland Kristinestad Green Hydrogen| Fuel Switching
Blastr Green Steel Finland
September 25, 2024Blastr Green Steel (Blastr) is planning a direct reduced iron (DRI-EAF) steel plant with an integrated green hydrogen production facility producing two and a half million tonnes of ultra-low CO₂ steel in Joddböle, Inkoo. Blastr’s final investment decision on the implementation of its ultra-low carbon steel plant is targeted for 2025. Finland Inkoo Green Hydrogen| […]
Lebedinsky GOK
September 25, 2024Metalloinvest has contracted with Primetals Technologies and consortium partner Midrex Technologies, Inc. to supply the new HBI Plant (HBI-4) at Lebedinsky GOK (LGOK). The plant will be located in Gubkin, Russia, and will be designed to produce 2.08 million metric tons of HBI per year. Its modern design features will ensure reduced energy consumption and […]
ArcelorMittal Bremen
September 25, 2024Using green hydrogen, up to 3.5 million tonnes of steel could be produced by the Bremen and Eisenhuttenstadt sites by 2030, with significantly lower CO2 emissions. Depending on the amount of hydrogen available, CO2 savings of more than 5 million tonnes could be possible. The technology conversion requires investments in the range of €1-1.5 billion. […]