Project aims for cleaner fuel and fewer emissions for Sheffield steelmakers

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Carbon emissions from Sheffield’s steel industry could be reduced by 40 per cent following an effort to generate green hydrogen at the city’s Blackburn Meadows renewable energy park.

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To this end, engineers from the AMRC and Sheffield University’s Energy Institute are working with E.ON, Chesterfield Special Cylinders, Glass Futures and Sheffield Forgemasters to explore ways to generate green hydrogen at the site as a cleaner fuel source for Sheffield’s steel industry and other energy-intensive industries. 

The project is being funded by the government Department of Energy Security and Net Zero and its Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.

The initiative has been awarded an additional £1m of government funding to continue to a second phase to explore the commercial and engineering needs of generating, transporting and using hydrogen in a commercially viable manner.

If successful, the next stage will see a technical pilot project begin at E.ON’s Blackburn Meadows site, with the potential for future expansion if the project is taken forward to a fully commercial demonstration. 

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