Green iron and steel – safe DRI shipping
sbh4’s Stephen B. Harrison, explores the safety requirements of transporting hydrogen-based DRI cargoes aboard ships.
sbh4’s Stephen B. Harrison, explores the safety requirements of transporting hydrogen-based DRI cargoes aboard ships.
ArcelorMittal France will receive €850m ($946m) from the French Government to partially decarbonise its Dunkirk steel plant with hydrogen.
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe is set to receive €2bn ($2.2bn) of support for the decarbonisation of its steel production with renewable hydrogen from the German Government, following approval from the European Commission.
Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Corporation will build a first-of-a-kind hydrogen plant in Gladstone in a bid to lower carbon emissions in the alumina refining process.
H2 Green Steel has signed a seven-year binding agreement with automotive industry supplier ZF for the supply of its hydrogen-produced steel, valued at €1.5bn ($1.6bn)
Japanese automotive components manufacturer DENSO Corporation has announced plans to demonstrate solid oxide electrolysis to produce hydrogen that will be used to clean up its manufacturing operations.
Swedish truck giant Scania has signed an agreement with H2 Green Steel for its hydrogen-produce steel for the building of its trucks in a bid to cut its carbon footprint from vehicle manufacturing.
Lancaster-based GenHydro recently activated its first commercial scale reactor system, GH-1, to power businesses in Burle Industrial Park, Pennsylvania.
ArcelorMittal Belgium has secured €280m ($306.9m) in state aid to partially decarbonise its steel production in Ghent with hydrogen.
Hydro is claiming a world first after producing a batch of aluminium using green hydrogen as an energy source.