Europe’s first “green steel” plant could produce its first batch of steel by 2025. [The race across Europe to build green steel plants - BBC News]
Construction work is already underway in Boden, northern Sweden. Steel production, with its high temperature and use of “coking coal,” is carbon-intensive: It is responsible for about 7% of the world’s greenhouse emissions. But the Boden plant, built by H2 Green Steel, will use hydrogen in its furnaces, cutting emissions by 95%. The hydrogen is derived from water, using zero-carbon energy sources, such as a local hydropower dam. Another Swedish company plans to open a plant in 2026, and H2 Green Steel has signed a deal to build a plant in Spain.
