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SSAB aims to create a fossil-free value chain together with our partners and customers and secure our position as the driving force in the green transition of the steel industry. Already in 2021, we delivered the first fossil-free steel, a steel made from hydrogen-reduced iron produced at HYBRIT´s pilot plant in Luleå Sweden, to a customer.
3 reasons why fossil-free steel is the real "green" alternative
- The process involves no fossil fuels or CO2 emissions. In traditional steelmaking, the main source of CO2 emissions comes from the use of coal and coke to remove oxygen from iron ore. By replacing this with a direct reduction process using hydrogen, coal is completely removed from the equation.
- The only by-product is water – and even that’s debatable. When hydrogen replaces coal as a reduction agent, the only by-product is water instead of carbon dioxide. And even then, it’s not really a by-product, since the water is used to produce more hydrogen, thus creating a closed cycle.
- Paves the way for complete CO2 elimination. If the hydrogen used in the reduction process has been produced with fossil-free electricity, in other words, green hydrogen, then virtually all CO2 emissions from production have been eliminated making it a truly fossil-free steel.
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