Swedish steelmaker SSAB Oxelösund has created the first fossil-free steel in the world. The steelmaker has delivered it to its first customer, Volvo Group.
- The product was manufactured using the Hybrit technology, which was developed by SSAB in partnership with iron-ore miner LKAB and utility Vattenfall.
- The technology uses 100% fossil-free hydrogen instead of coal and coke.
About HYBRIT Technology
- HYBRIT stands for Hydrogen Breakthrough Ironmaking Technology and it was created in 2016.
- To produce the steel, SSAB heated a blast furnace by burning “green” hydrogen instead of coal and coke using a process called Hydrogen Breakthrough Ironmaking Technology (HYBRIT).
- Unlike “blue” hydrogen, which is extracted from fossil fuels and which generates carbon emissions, green hydrogen is obtained via the electrolysis of water, producing no emissions.
- The innovation could help decarbonise the steel industry, which currently accounts for around seven per cent of global emissions and produces two tonnes of greenhouse gases for each tonne of steel.
