· H2GreenSteel and other companies set up European Cleantech Alliance
H2GreenSteel, a net-zero carbon steel company, has joined seven other leading European cleantech companies to form a new cleantech alliance with the goal of helping Europe achieve carbon neutrality, energy independence and improve its industrial competitiveness.
The alliance is backed by Breakthrough Energy, founded by Bill Gates, and the European Commissioner for Capability, Kadri Simson, head of Breakthrough Energy Fund Europe and Kadri Simson. Sen attended the alliance’s founding event.
Kadri Simonsen said that the EU is facing the challenges posed by the energy crisis and climate change, and the solution must be to achieve a clean energy transition. The EU needs to rapidly scale up innovative technologies, and the creation of the European Cleantech Alliance will help.
The members of the European Cleantech Alliance include a number of cleantech companies whose products and services range from industrial decarbonization, hydrogen production from renewable energy to large-scale low-carbon emission cement production, transport electrification, material recycling, and more.
The CEO of H2GreenSteel said that the establishment of the European Cleantech Alliance stemmed from the determination of the members of the alliance to accelerate the decarbonization of industry. All member companies have the ambition to promote the realization of low-carbon and green transformation of the industry, and will work together to create a level playing field for the realization of clean, green and large-scale production in the steel industry.
The goal of the European Cleantech Alliance is to usher in a new era of world leadership in the manufacturing industry for the EU. Although the EU has developed a large number of technologies that can promote the low-carbon transition of the manufacturing industry, it still needs to work hard to achieve scale and industrialization of these technologies. Widespread use of innovative clean technologies is critical for the EU to achieve its carbon neutrality goals and improve the region’s resilience to future market risk shocks.
The founding members of the consortium include: H2GreenSteel, Sunfire (renewable hydrogen producer), Volta (all-electric truck manufacturer), Plastic Energy (chemical recycling company), Enapter (renewable energy hydrogen producer), Ecocem (scalable Low clinker cement producer), Electrochaea (renewable energy-to-gas business), Hydrovolt (battery recycling business). The alliance will bridge the gap between European cleantech promotion and European policymakers.
Jules Besnainou, executive director of the European Clean Technology Alliance, said that the promotion and application of clean technology will not only help the EU achieve carbon neutrality, but also help it achieve energy independence and lead the industry.
The Belgian federal government will provide 6 million euros to support green steel production
On October 28, the Belgian Council of Ministers announced on the proposal of the country’s Energy Minister Tinne Vander Straeten that the federal government decided to provide 6 million euros (about 5.9443 million U.S. dollars) for support in order to achieve carbon neutrality goals. The development of green steel industry in the country.
Stretten pointed out that the production of green steel is an important move to promote the low-carbon transition of the country’s steel industry. The country can fix industrial enterprises and labor in the country by promoting the green development of steel production, and it can also reduce the dependence of the country’s steel industry on fossil fuels and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
“Green steel is a much-needed building material for the future, and we will use it to build offshore wind turbines,” added Stretten.
ArcelorMittal, a major Belgian steel producer, announced last year that it would invest 1.1 billion euros (about 1.09 billion U.S. dollars) in the construction of a green steelmaking furnace at its Ghent steel plant, the largest green steel ever produced in Belgium. investment project.
· Anmi will launch trials of carbon capture, utilization and storage technology related projects in Europe and the United States
Recently, ArcelorMittal (hereinafter referred to as Ammi) announced that it is working with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering Corporation, Mitsubishi Development Corporation, and BHP to develop carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology-related projects in EU countries and the United States. test.
The four companies will first test the system developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering on a large scale at Ammi’s Ghent steel plant in Belgium (with an annual production capacity of 5 million tons) and a steel plant in the United States (not yet confirmed).
Among them, the Ghent steel plant project consists of two phases. In the first phase, Ammi will capture carbon dioxide from the blast furnace, with plans to capture 300 kilograms per day. Anmi said the second phase of the project involved testing the separation and capture of carbon dioxide from exhaust gases from reheat furnaces in hot rolling mills. The reheat furnace burns an industrial gas mixture including coke gas, blast furnace gas and natural gas. Ghent Steel will also start running the “Steelanol” demonstration project at the end of this year, which aims to capture gas from blast furnaces and convert the collected gas into ethanol.
Manfred Van Vlierberghe, CEO of AMMI Belgium, said in a statement: “We are developing two routes to decarbonize steelmaking: smart carbon use and innovative direct reduced iron. Both All routes will contribute in our journey towards decarbonizing steelmaking. The smart carbon use route can also integrate carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technology and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to capture the carbon dioxide emitted by the steelmaking process .”
Ameritrade said its goal is to reduce CO2 emissions by 35% (compared to 2018 levels) in European operating areas and 30% (compared to 2018 levels) in all global operating areas by 2030.
According to reports, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering Co., Ltd. will provide technical support for related project trials, and BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi Development Corporation will provide financial support for related project trials.
BHP Billiton vigorously carried out cooperation projects, and successively carried out similar cooperation projects with China Baowu, Hegang Group, Posco, JFE Steel, Tata Steel and other enterprises.
According to the International Energy Agency, carbon capture, utilization and storage technology is a key solution for carbon reduction in hard-to-achieve carbon reduction areas such as steelmaking, and should be used in more than 53% of primary steel production in the EU by 2050. to achieve its carbon neutrality goals.
Currently, there are few steel manufacturers in the world investing in R&D projects related to CCUS. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering Co., Ltd. has cooperated with Kansai Electric Power Company to develop the “KM CDR ProcessTM for CO2capture” technology. So far, the technology has been applied in 16 factories around the world.
Tata Netherlands to supply Ford with green steel from 2030
Tata Steel Nederland has announced that it will supply green steel to a European plant owned by Ford Motor Company from 2030. According to a preliminary agreement reached between the two companies, Tata Netherlands will start producing green steel at its Ijmuiden plant in the Netherlands in 2030.
Hans van den Berg, CEO of Tata Netherlands, said: “Ford Motor Company wants to use green steel in large quantities. To this end, we are actively taking steps to be able to meet this demand.”
It is reported that the memorandum of understanding signed by Tata Netherlands and Ford Motor Company does not force Ford Motor Company to buy a specific amount of green steel at a specific price.
Separately, Ford said it has signed memorandums of understanding with ThyssenKrupp and Salzgitter to ensure a steady supply of green steel in the near term, leading to the smooth production of new electric vehicles in Cologne, Germany next year. . Ford Motor Co said the memorandums of understanding will help it make business operations carbon neutral across Europe by 2035.
“Improving our supply chain is key,” Sue Slaughter, Ford Motor Company’s European purchasing director, said in a statement. “As the use of green steel increases, we will move towards our goal of carbon neutrality. An important step.”