SSAB Finland green steel project
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SSAB Finland green steel project is located in Raahe, Finland. It is part of the Green Steel Tracker.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the project in Raahe, Finland:
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 64.651111, 24.418544 (exact)
Project Details
Table 1: Green Steel Project Details
| Project Details | |
|---|---|
| Project name | FFS - Towards Fossil-Free Steel |
| Company | SSAB |
| Company has climate goals? | Yes |
| Location | Raahe, Finland |
| Project website | Not available |
| Project scale | R&D partnership |
| Project status | Finalized (research & testing) |
| Year to be online | Not stated |
| Technology to be used | ESR |
| Technology details | Smelting of hydrogen-reduced sponge iron in an electric arc furnace |
| Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year) | Not stated |
| Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year) | Not stated |
| CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year) | Not applicable |
| Hydrogen generation capacity(MW) | Not stated |
| Investment size (m USD) | 12.4 |
| Partners | SSAB, Ovako, Fortum, Valmet, Nordkalk, Tapojärvi and Luxmet, The University of Oulu, VTT Technical Research Institute of Finland and Åbo Akademi University are involved in the research part of the project. Other companies supporting the project are ABB, Andritz and Finnsementti. |
| Date of announcement | 2021-07-15 |
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