Stegra
Commissioning expected date
Use of green hydrogen to power the iron reduction process during steel production - IDENTIFIED BY INCITE
The demonstrator will produce green hydrogen via electrolysis to replace coal, turning iron ore into green iron and green steel. By exposing the iron ore to hydrogen, it will be directly be reduced to direct-reduced iron (DRI), producing only steam as residual product. The use of renwable hydrogen will thus replace the use of coal.
Link to the technique (Basic Information)
https://ec.europa.eu/assets/cinea/project_fiches/innovation_fund/101133206.pdf
Participant Companies
Project partners
Stegra
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Under development / testing
Technology readiness level (TRL) 9
actual system proven in operational environment (competitive manufacturing in the case of key enabling technologies)
- Date of development of the technique
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1 April 202331 December 2026
- Environmental purpose of the innovative technique
- Decarbonisation
- Reduction of emissions to air (including noise and odour)
- Relevant industrial sector
- Iron and Steel
- IED activity
- 2.2 Production of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary fusion) exceeding 2,5 tonnes per hour
Locations
Environmental performance
Percentage reduction of GHG emissions:
87.3Avg
%
GHG emissions data
34,000,000.0Total GHG emission (CO2_eq ton/year)
Avg
Project
H2 Green Steel
The project aims for the implementation of a 2.5 million tons per year hydrogen-based integrated primary steel manufacturing plant. The plant encompasses the following innovative first-of-a-kind commercial scale components: a large scale electrolysis-based hydrogen generation plant, an hydrogen-based direct reduced ironmaking (DRI) plant combined with electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking and all associated downstream facilities. The outcoming steel will be very low carbon, meaning the plant will manufacture green high-quality flat carbon steel products targeting mainly the automotive, construction, white goods, industrial equipment and energy sectors.
https://ec.europa.eu/assets/cinea/project_fiches/innovation_fund/101133206.pdf
- Project partners
- Stegra