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→