University of Minnesota’s Natural Resources Research Institute United States green steel project

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University of Minnesota’s Natural Resources Research Institute United States green steel project is located in Duluth, United States. It is part of the Green Steel Tracker.

Location

The map below shows the approximate (state) location of the project in Duluth, United States:

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• Coordinates (WGS 84): 47.249, -93.139 (approximate (state))

Project Details

Table 1: Green Steel Project Details

All references for the above data are available in the Green Steel Tracker.

	Project Details
Project name	Midwest Industrial Transformation Initiative (MITI)
Company	University of Minnesota’s Natural Resources Research Institute
Location	Duluth, United States
Project website	Site
Project scale	Pilot
Project status	Announced
Year to be online	Not stated
Technology to be used	Not stated
Technology details	Not stated
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)	1000
Investment size (m USD)	1.34
Partners	DOE’s Office of Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization (IEDO)
Date of announcement	2025-01-27

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