ArcelorMittal Bremen said that, in collaboration with German energy provider EWE AG and its subsidiary Swb AG, it has obtained funding from the state of Bremen totaling more than €10 million for the companies’ joint HyBit project (Hydrogen for Bremen industrial transformation). Around half of the overall investment budget is funded through this mechanism.
The project will entail the construction of a 12 MW electrolysis plant that will generate green hydrogen using renewable energy. Later, the electrolysis capacity will be gradually increased to up to 300 MW. SteelOrbis understands that building of the factory will begin in 2022 and be finished in 2023.
ArcelorMittal wants to replace two blast furnaces in Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt in the first phase of decarbonization, thereby replacing the technology used to produce 3.6 million mt of steel with a direct reduction system and a subsequent electric arc furnace. Complete conversion of this output to green hydrogen would result in annual carbon reductions of more than five million mt.
