Cheap heat-storing ‘firebricks’ projected to save industries trillions

Transitioning to 100% renewable energy globally would be cheaper and simpler using firebricks, a form of thermal energy storage with roots in the Bronze Age, to produce most of the heat needed for industrial processes, according to a new Stanford study… Continue reading Cheap heat-storing ‘firebricks’ projected to save industries trillions

Profitable retrofit system could slash steelmaking emissions by 94%

Iron and steel form the structural backbone of modern life, but they’re responsible for somewhere around 8% of global carbon emissions, making them the single biggest source of industrial greenhouse gases.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceT… Continue reading Profitable retrofit system could slash steelmaking emissions by 94%

Thyssenkrupp may have just cleared the path to bulk green steelmaking

German steel giant Thyssenkrupp is investing US$1.9 billion in a hydrogen-powered direct-reduction system that can create high-quality steel without needing the rare, high-grade iron ore required by most green steel processes. This could open the flood… Continue reading Thyssenkrupp may have just cleared the path to bulk green steelmaking

Thyssenkrupp may have just cleared the path to bulk green steelmaking

German steel giant Thyssenkrupp is investing US$1.9 billion in a hydrogen-powered direct-reduction system that can create high-quality steel without needing the rare, high-grade iron ore required by most green steel processes. This could open the flood… Continue reading Thyssenkrupp may have just cleared the path to bulk green steelmaking

First “fossil-free” steel delivered to Volvo in Sweden

A milestone in decarbonization today as Sweden’s SSAB made the world’s very first “fossil-free” steel delivery, created with green hydrogen instead of coal and coke, to a customer, Volvo, where it will be used in electric trucks.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading First “fossil-free” steel delivered to Volvo in Sweden

World’s 2nd-largest steel producer to begin making green steel by 2025

The world produces more than 1.8 billion tons of steel a year, releasing nearly twice that weight in carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Indeed, steel production accounts for somewhere between 7-8 percent of global anthropogenic carbon emissions, so th… Continue reading World’s 2nd-largest steel producer to begin making green steel by 2025