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VOL. 16 • NO. 3 • April 2022
Energy, Environment & Ecology

German Steel Producer enters Green Steel Gunnar Groebler, Salzgitter AG: “We are aligning
Agreement Salzgitter AG to low CO2 production processes and
the circular economy. the secure and economically
Uniper and Salzgitter AG recently concluded a viable sourcing of green hydrogen is a fundamental
cooperation agreement with the aim of Uniper prerequisite on our journey toward SALCOS – Salzgitter
supplying the SALCOS project in Salzgitter with green low cO2-Steelmaking. the cooperation with Uniper is
hydrogen at competitive conditions for the production another step on the way to leading this game-changing
of climate-compatible steel. Uniper is an international technical transformation to success, together with
energy corporation and a pioneer in the hydrogen strong partners.”
field. Salzgitter AG ranks among Europe’s largest steel
producers and is pioneering the transformation toward Klaus-Dieter Maubach, ceO of Uniper Se: “We need
low cO2 steel production. ‘green electrons’ and ‘green molecules’, if we want to
achieve the proclaimed climate protection objectives,
the cooperation is focused on supplying hydrogen while preserving our industry in Germany. the
from Wilhelmshaven where Uniper is developing two Wilhelmshaven site offers all the necessary preconditions
projects in parallel for green hydrogen: Firstly, an import for creating Germany’s first major hydrogen hub. large-
terminal capable of converting green ammonia back scale hydrogen production facilities are to be built here
into hydrogen is planned. Secondly, Uniper envisages for the purpose of decarbonizing steel production in
building a large electrolysis plant that, with a capacity lower Saxony. We also want to develop a solution that
of up to 1,000 MW, will produce green hydrogen. With will enable the faster integration of the new gigawatt
this in mind, the possibility of a direct connection to the offshore wind farm into the German power grid.”
offshore wind farm, to be built in the North Sea, is to Major Decarbonisation plan for ArcelorMittal
be investigated. the electrolysis plant and the entire the steel giant has confirmed its plan for a cAD$1.8
downstream hydrogen infrastructure function similar to billion investment in decarbonisation technologies
a shock absorber that, if strong winds blow, can store with the Government of Ontario and claims that the
the wind energy expediently as hydrogen and make it investment will reduce annual cO2 emissions at
transportable. the plant by approximately 3Mt, which represents
With the aim of supplying Salzgitter through the approximately 60% of emissions.
evolving German hydrogen pipeline network and for the hamilton plant will transition away from traditional
the development of cavern storage facilities, Uniper blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace steelmaking and
and Salzgitter AG will be cooperating with additional switch to the Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) – Electric
prestigious partners. together, the two companies will Arc Furnace (eAF) production route, which carries a
drive the ambitious vision of decarbonizing Germany’s significantly lower carbon footprint.
industry in support of the climate targets by contributing the project is scheduled to be completed by 2028,
to this objective with specific projects.

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