Maximizing the Efficiency of Clean Steel Production and Achieving Cost Competitiveness

Maximizing the Efficiency of Clean Steel Production and Achieving Cost Competitiveness

Clean steel production will require an enormous amount of clean energy. Producing green hydrogen, operating high-temperature gas heaters, and powering electric arc furnaces will dramatically increase electricity demand at primary steel mills in the United States, and demand could reach gigawatt scale for individual commercial facilities. Therefore, every unit of energy (electrical, heat, or chemical) avoided or reused reduces the scale and cost …