Low-carbon steel

Industrial conglomerate

Regional public administration and investment promotion

Mining and steel production

Steel production

Hydrogen produced from renewable electricity sources, considered a critical component for hydrogen's long-term credibility as a clean fuel.

A process that uses hydrogen instead of carbon to reduce iron oxide to iron in steelmaking. The reaction produces water as a byproduct instead of carbon dioxide, making it a potential green alternative to traditional carbothermic reduction.

The process used to produce green hydrogen by splitting water using electricity.

Germany

Norrbotten County, Boden

A €3 billion green steel production facility in Duisburg, Germany, designed to produce low-carbon steel using hydrogen-based direct reduction technology combined with natural gas as a transitional energy source.

Large-scale steel plant using green hydrogen and renewable electricity instead of coal.