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thyssenkrupp greenlights construction of €2B hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant for low-CO2 steel

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In this way, thyssenkrupp is accelerating the start of low-CO2 steel production. With its capacity of 2.5 million metric tons of direct reduced iron, the first plant will be larger than initially planned.

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Facilitating the energy transition with low-CO2 steel

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Learn how Blastr Green Steel's low-CO2 steel will contribute to reducing harmful carbon emissions around the world. The post Facilitating the energy transition with low-CO2 steel appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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thyssenkrupp Steel supplies low-CO2 bluemint steel for truck wheels for first time

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thyssenkrupp Steel is supplying low-CO 2 “ bluemint ” steel to its customer Accuride for the production of truck wheels. To improve the carbon footprint of the wheel for the customer Accuride, several parameters in flat steel production have been optimized with regard to sustainability.

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Kobe Steel to launch “Kobenable Steel”, Japan’s first low-CO2 blast furnace steel

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Kobe Steel will launch “Kobenable Steel” and become Japan’s first provider of low-CO 2 blast furnace steel products with significantly reduced CO 2 emissions during the blast furnace ironmaking process. The company plans to start selling the new products this fiscal year.

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Volkswagen Group and Salzgitter AG sign MOU on supply of low-CO2 steel from the end of 2025

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The Volkswagen Group and Salzgitter AG—which have been partners for more than 60 years— signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which Volkswagen will become one of the first customers for the low-CO 2 steel that Salzgitter AG plans to produce on a new production route at its headquarters in Lower Saxony from the end of 2025.

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Report: Light pole EV charging is the low-CO2 solution for cities

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A company that installs EV chargers in streetlights claims this is not only a practical way to bring charging to urban areas, but also has a lower carbon footprint than conventional charging installations. That's the conclusion of a study commissioned by U.K.-based based streetlight charging company ChargeLight and conducted by consultancy.

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BASF and Nanotech Energy partner to produce Li-ion batteries in N America with locally recycled content and low CO2 footprint

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BASF and Nanotech Energy , a developer and manufacturer of graphene-based energy storage products, have agreed to partner to reduce the CO 2 footprint of Nanotech’s lithium-ion batteries for the North American market.

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