UK’s Teesside based Materials Processing Institute is leading GBP 270,000 project this summer to demonstrate green steelmaking innovation in the UK, which will replace coke and other polluting fossil fuels currently powering traditional iron furnaces with hydrogen and electricity to create a low carbon steel industry. The project codenamed H2DRI will focus on how the process can be scaled up and will build practical and scientific understanding on how best to deliver economically and environmentally sustainable green steelmaking. In addition, they will collaborate with a larger industrial interest group made up of ironmakers, steelmakers and supply chain businesses, including energy developers. The initial part of the project will involve a feasibility study before the development of permanent and accessible national pilot production facilities.Part of UK government’s Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Industrial Fuel Switching Competition that funds low carbon technologies and systems, the project is led by the Institute in partnership with electrical technology developers C-Tech Innovation, Teesside University, the Steel and Metals Institute at Swansea University and global metals and mining company Rio Tinto.Materials Processing Institute is developing materials and commercialising technologies for industrial processes, to improve efficiency, productivity and yield with focus in the processing of materials, especially steel and metals, and the development of new alloys.C-Tech Innovation designs & supplies process equipment for improvements in capability, productivity, and quality with focus on continuous process technology, including processes with electrochemical and electro-heating requirements.Swansea University’s Steel and Metals Institute SaMI is an open access facility that works predominantly with the steel and metals industry to deliver practical innovative solutions. Its experts design and implement bespoke research through collaborative research partnerships with steel and metals producers, suppliers and end-users. SaMI supports the steel and metals industry in the challenge to decarbonise through lower carbon products and processes, reduced carbon emissions, and creation of a circular economy. The Tees Valley Hydrogen Innovation Project supports local SMEs to accelerate the development of business opportunities within the hydrogen and decarbonisation economies. Helping deliver the ambitious plans for the Tees Valley region in becoming a clean energy powerhouse for the UK, TVHIP's work in supporting the development of a hydrogen economy will help create thousands of jobs for the region and attract further investment into the area. It is financially supported through the European Regional Development Fund
UK’s Teesside based Materials Processing Institute is leading GBP 270,000 project this summer to demonstrate green steelmaking innovation in the UK, which will replace coke and other polluting fossil fuels currently powering traditional iron furnaces with hydrogen and electricity to create a low carbon steel industry. The project codenamed H2DRI will focus on how the process can be scaled up and will build practical and scientific understanding on how best to deliver economically and environmentally sustainable green steelmaking. In addition, they will collaborate with a larger industrial interest group made up of ironmakers, steelmakers and supply chain businesses, including energy developers. The initial part of the project will involve a feasibility study before the development of permanent and accessible national pilot production facilities.Part of UK government’s Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Industrial Fuel Switching Competition that funds low carbon technologies and systems, the project is led by the Institute in partnership with electrical technology developers C-Tech Innovation, Teesside University, the Steel and Metals Institute at Swansea University and global metals and mining company Rio Tinto.Materials Processing Institute is developing materials and commercialising technologies for industrial processes, to improve efficiency, productivity and yield with focus in the processing of materials, especially steel and metals, and the development of new alloys.C-Tech Innovation designs & supplies process equipment for improvements in capability, productivity, and quality with focus on continuous process technology, including processes with electrochemical and electro-heating requirements.Swansea University’s Steel and Metals Institute SaMI is an open access facility that works predominantly with the steel and metals industry to deliver practical innovative solutions. Its experts design and implement bespoke research through collaborative research partnerships with steel and metals producers, suppliers and end-users. SaMI supports the steel and metals industry in the challenge to decarbonise through lower carbon products and processes, reduced carbon emissions, and creation of a circular economy. The Tees Valley Hydrogen Innovation Project supports local SMEs to accelerate the development of business opportunities within the hydrogen and decarbonisation economies. Helping deliver the ambitious plans for the Tees Valley region in becoming a clean energy powerhouse for the UK, TVHIP's work in supporting the development of a hydrogen economy will help create thousands of jobs for the region and attract further investment into the area. It is financially supported through the European Regional Development Fund
