North Rhine-Westphalia is continuing to push ahead with the transformation of the German steel industry towards carbon neutrality. During a visit to Duisburg with the Swedish ambassador Mr Per Thöresson, Germany’s State Minister for Economics, Industry, Climate Protection & Energy Ms Mona Neubaur have handed over a funding decision worth 6.2 million euros for a cooperation project between the steel group thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG and the Düsseldorf VDEh Institute for Applied Research BFI. The aim of the project, which is under the scientific leadership of BFI, is to demonstrate how sponge iron produced in direct reduction plants can be liquefied in an innovative melter unit and further processed into hot metal or steel. Direct reduction plants can be operated with green hydrogen and, in combination with a melter, offer the potential for carbon-neutral steelmaking.The melter, which is being funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, is part of a comprehensive carbon-neutral transformation strategy at thyssenkrupp in Duisburg at Europe's biggest steel location.
North Rhine-Westphalia is continuing to push ahead with the transformation of the German steel industry towards carbon neutrality. During a visit to Duisburg with the Swedish ambassador Mr Per Thöresson, Germany’s State Minister for Economics, Industry, Climate Protection & Energy Ms Mona Neubaur have handed over a funding decision worth 6.2 million euros for a cooperation project between the steel group thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG and the Düsseldorf VDEh Institute for Applied Research BFI. The aim of the project, which is under the scientific leadership of BFI, is to demonstrate how sponge iron produced in direct reduction plants can be liquefied in an innovative melter unit and further processed into hot metal or steel. Direct reduction plants can be operated with green hydrogen and, in combination with a melter, offer the potential for carbon-neutral steelmaking.The melter, which is being funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, is part of a comprehensive carbon-neutral transformation strategy at thyssenkrupp in Duisburg at Europe's biggest steel location.
