The German power firm EWE and its subsidiary swb AG have awarded the contract for the development of an electrolysis plant for decarbonization of the ArcelorMittal steelworks in Bremen to the APEX Group in Rostock/Laage. The challenge title HyBit stands for “Hydrogen for Bremen’s industrial transformation” and marks the beginning of the decarbonization of metal manufacturing in Bremen, Germany. (Earlier submit.)
HyBit is a joint challenge of EWE, swb AG and ArcelorMittal Bremen. The challenge prices will quantity to roughly €20 million, with €10 million coming from the state of Bremen.
The APEX Group would be the coronary heart of the challenge—a ten MW electrolysis plant for hydrogen manufacturing. The goal is to supply inexperienced hydrogen on the swb AG energy plant web site in Bremen Mittelsbüren that might be used for pig iron manufacturing and processing at Arcelor Mittal’s metal mill, in addition to for future mobility purposes. The plant is scheduled to be absolutely purposeful in 2024.
Mockup of electrolysis unit
The development of the electrolysis plant marks the start line for the usage of inexperienced hydrogen in metal manufacturing in Bremen and can turn out to be an essential constructing block within the decarbonization of metal manufacturing at ArcelorMittal Bremen. We are going to use the primary hydrogen within the present amenities. Following within the subsequent levels with the usage of new manufacturing applied sciences, it should allow us to be producing climate-neutral metal in Bremen by the mid-30s.
—Reiner Blaschek, Chairman of the Administration Board of ArcelorMittal Bremen
The HyBit challenge reveals the nice advantages that hydrogen has with regard to local weather safety, additionally or particularly in industrial purposes. With our Clear Hydrogen Shoreline initiative and the related development of huge electrolyzers and the conversion of cavern storage and pipelines to hydrogen, we’re already making ready the subsequent large step in direction of a large-scale hydrogen financial system.
—EWE CEO Stefan Dohler
The plan is ultimately to scale the electrolyzer plant to 300 MW. Together, an electrical scrap melting plant is to be built-in first with a view to additional cut back CO2 emissions by rising the scrap content material in pig iron.
In a brand new direct discount system, ArcelorMittal desires to supply inexperienced DRI with the DRIBE challenge (DRI Utilization in Bremen EAF), which is to be processed climate-neutrally into metal in an electrical arc furnace (EAF) to be constructed. The DRI plant in Bremen may also provide the Eisenhüttenstadt location firstly.
Earlier this month, ArcelorMittal accomplished the acquisition of an 80% shareholding in voestalpine’s Sizzling Briquetted Iron (HBI) plant situated close to Corpus Christi, Texas. The acquisition, introduced in April, values the Corpus Christi operations at $1 billion.
The plant is likely one of the largest of its sort on this planet. It has an annual capability of two million tonnes of HBI, which is a premium, compacted type of Direct Lowered Iron (DRI) developed to beat points related to transport and dealing with DRI.
The transaction enhances ArcelorMittal’s capability to supply the high-quality enter supplies required for low-carbon emissions steelmaking, and reinforces the corporate’s place as a world chief in DRI manufacturing.
ArcelorMittal intends to guide the decarbonization of the worldwide metal trade.
