Duisburg Green Steel Facility

Industrial conglomerate

Industrial conglomerate

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.

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

Natural gas is used as a transitional energy source during the scale-up phase of green hydrogen availability to provide operational flexibility.

Germany

Duisburg

Steel produced using hydrogen-based direct reduction technology at the Duisburg facility, designed to meet demand from automotive and construction industries pursuing emissions reductions in their supply chains.