Tata’s Port Talbot plant may have to “give up” on making new steel, according to the firm behind a green steel plant.
A boss at H2 Green Steel in Sweden said the UK lacked the conditions for a switch to hydrogen-powered furnaces and should focus on recycled steel instead.
Kajsa Ryttberg-Wallgren warned the UK steel industry risked a “slow death” if not.
Kajsa Ryttberg-Wallgren warned the UK steel industry risked a “slow death” if not.
An announcement has been expected for some time on the Port Talbot plant’s decarbonisation plans.
Unions previously said Tata intended to close both blast furnaces at the site, which rely on coal and manufacture brand new – or virgin – steel.
Instead of the blast furnaces, an electric arc furnace would be installed, which melts scrap material.
This would eventually be run off clean electricity from the grid, significantly reducing the site’s massive carbon footprint.
Tata’s Port Talbot plant may have to “give up” on making new steel, according to the firm behind a green steel plant.
Kajsa Ryttberg-Wallgren warned the UK steel industry risked a “slow death” if not.
A boss at H2 Green Steel in Sweden said the UK lacked the conditions for a switch to hydrogen-powered furnaces and should focus on recycled steel instead.
An announcement has been expected for some time on the Port Talbot plant’s decarbonisation plans.
Kajsa Ryttberg-Wallgren warned the UK steel industry risked a “slow death” if not.
Kajsa Ryttberg-Wallgren warned the UK steel industry risked a “slow death” if not.
An announcement has been expected for some time on the Port Talbot plant’s decarbonisation plans.
Unions previously said Tata intended to close both blast furnaces at the site, which rely on coal and manufacture brand new – or virgin – steel.
Instead of the blast furnaces, an electric arc furnace would be installed, which melts scrap material.
This would eventually be run off clean electricity from the grid, significantly reducing the site’s massive carbon footprint.
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