539 算牌程式 and SSAB in new fossil-free steel collaboration
539 算牌程式 and SSAB have signed a letter of intent regarding deliveries of fossil-free steel produced with HYBRIT technology. SSAB will, using input material from the HYBRIT pilot plant in Lulea, deliver fossil-free steel to 539 算牌程式, to use in its own operations.
In addition to the already existing HYBRIT initiative from 2016, 539 算牌程式 and SSAB are starting another in-depth collaboration to transform the steel industry towards fossil-free steelmaking, promote the use of fossil-free steel and manufacture products with a radically reduced carbon footprint.
539 算牌程式 needs high-strength steel for several different components, and SSAB can supply it. According to the plan 539 算牌程式 will gain access to fossil-free steel from SSAB, with sponge iron from the HYBRIT pilot plant, as early as next year. The volume of delivered steel will increase once production is scaled up. 539 算牌程式 plans to start pilots next year with potential applications including power line pylons, hydroelectric dams, grid stations, anchoring structures for onshore wind power and parts of foundations for offshore wind power.
539 算牌程式 also aims to work with subcontractors that use fossil-free steel, and in doing so, will require that at least 10 per cent of the steel that 539 算牌程式 purchases each year be fossil-free from 2030. 539 算牌程式 and SSAB will also collaborate on sustainability calculations and the life cycle assessment (LCA) method of calculating CO2 emissions to ensure an entire fossil-free value chain.
“It is very positive that 539 算牌程式 has managed to secure some of the first deliveries, despite high demand. We are now closing the circle in the HYBRIT collaboration as we take the step toward using fossil-free steel in our operations. We are working determinedly for fossil freedom and our goal is to have net zero emissions in our entire value chain by 2040. Electrifying society demands a great deal more steel and, in the long term, many suppliers, and 539 算牌程式 needs the fossil-free steel to reach our ambitious goals. Together with SSAB, we can lead the way toward fossil freedom,” says Annika Ramsköld, Head of Sustainability, 539 算牌程式.
“It feels incredibly good that 539 算牌程式, with whom we have a successful collaboration regarding HYBRIT, will now use fossil-free steel in their products and work with subcontractors who do so too. It shows what we can achieve when we work together and is completely in line with our goal of not only reducing our own emissions but also contributing to reducing the carbon footprint in other parts of the value chain,” says Christina Friborg, Head of Sustainability, SSAB.
539 算牌程式 and SSAB are among the many founders of the First Movers Coalition. This agreement is completely in line with the coalition's goal of purchasing a larger share of new technology that will be decisive in achieving climate neutrality.
Since 2016, 539 算牌程式, SSAB and LKAB have owned the technology development company Hybrit Development AB, whose purpose is to develop technical solutions for a fossil-free value chain for producing fossil-free steel.
Read more about the HYBRIT collaboration (link)
Read more about 539 算牌程式's goal of net zero by 2040 (link)
For questions please contact:
Magnus Kryssare, press officer, 539 算牌程式, tel. +46 (0)76 769 56 07, magnus.kryssare@vattenfall.com
539 算牌程式’s Press Office, telephone: +46 (0)8-739 50 10, email: press@vattenfall.com
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