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Norwegian startup Blastr plans €4B green steel plant in Finland

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Norwegian startup Blastr Green Steel is planning to establish a green steel plant with an integrated hydrogen production facility in Inkoo, Finland. The production is planned to start by end of 2026. Finland is an ideal location for our project. Currently, one ton of steel produced creates about 1.9 tonnes of CO₂.

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Business Finland awards €27.7M to Neste for Porvoo refinery green hydrogen projects

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Business Finland awarded Neste with a public funding of €27.7 million for green hydrogen projects at Neste’s refinery in Porvoo, Finland, aiming to develop solutions for renewable hydrogen production. —Outi Ervasti, Vice President of Renewable Hydrogen at Neste.

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Green NortH2 Energy receives €2.3M in R&D funding from Business Finland for the development of green hydrogen and ammonia production

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Business Finland has awarded €2.3 With the loan, the Finland-based company is developing a green hydrogen and ammonia production concept. Green NortH2 Energy intends to set up the first green ammonia production plant in Naantali. This will create a significant reduction in emissions.

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SSAB and Fortum explore possibilities for the production of hydrogen-reduced sponge iron in Raahe

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SSAB and Fortum are launching a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study to explore the possibilities of making hydrogen-reduced sponge iron in SSAB’s Raahe steel plant. million tonnes per annum blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Raahe, Finland; its main products are hot-rolled plate and strip.

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HYBRIT produces hydrogen-reduced sponge iron on pilot scale

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SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall have now produced hydrogen-reduced sponge iron on a pilot scale. The technological breakthrough within the HYBRIT ( earlier post ) initiative cuts about 90% of the emissions in connection with steel production and is a decisive step on the road to fossil-free steel. So far, about 100 tons have been produced.

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Plug Power’s game-changing move: $6bn investment to create three green hydrogen plants in Finland

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Plug Power has announced exciting plans to invest $6bn in developing three green hydrogen production plants in Finland. The post Plug Power’s game-changing move: $6bn investment to create three green hydrogen plants in Finland appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Neste moves forward with renewable hydrogen project in Porvoo refinery

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In accordance with its ambition to reach carbon-neutral production by 2035, Neste is working on a 120 MW electrolyzer project to produce renewable (i.e. green) hydrogen at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. If an investment decision is made, green hydrogen production could start in 2026.

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