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PRESS RELEASE
31 January 2024
Vattenfall joins Airbus and partners to pave the way for hydrogen aviation
Airbus, Avinor, SAS, Swedavia and Vattenfall have signed a Memorandum of ... Understanding to investigate the feasibility of a hydrogen infrastructure at airports in Sweden and Norway
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PRESS RELEASE
25 April 2019
HYBRIT orders Norwegian electrolyzers for fossil free steel production in Luleå
Hybrit Development, a joint venture between SSAB, LKAB and ... Vattenfall, has ordered a hydrogen generation electrolyzer solution from Nel Hydrogen to the pilot plant in
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PRESS RELEASE
11 June 2024
Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners awarded IJmuiden Ver Beta offshore wind farm
will convert electricity of IJmuiden Ver to green hydrogen. offshorewind 4846113 Two major offshore wind ... transition with IJmuiden Ver. Combining wind, solar and hydrogen, this project will c...
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PRESS RELEASE
12 October 2022
HYBRIT: New research shows hydrogen-reduced iron has superior properties
New research within the HYBRIT project shows ... superior results on the properties and quality of the hydrogen direct reduced sponge iron compared to the fossil-based
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PRESS RELEASE
16 October 2023
HYBRIT: Hydrogen storage reduces costs by up to 40 per cent
HYBRIT's hydrogen storage has now been tested commercially on the electricity market. ... HYBRIT's hydrogen storage has now been tested commercially on the electricity market. Its excellent re...
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PRESS RELEASE
14 June 2022
HYBRIT: A unique, underground, fossil-free hydrogen gas storage facility is being inaugurated in Luleå
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are inaugurating HYBRIT’s pilot facility for fossil-free hydrogen ... inaugurating HYBRIT’s pilot facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas storage at Svartöberget in Lule...
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PRESS RELEASE
8 June 2022
Press invitation: Welcome to the opening of HYBRIT’s hydrogen gas storage facility in Luleå
invitation: Welcome to the opening of HYBRIT’s hydrogen gas storage facility in Luleå SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall ... opening of HYBRIT’s pilot facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas storage in Svar...
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PRESS RELEASE
3 June 2022
Press invitation: Welcome to the opening of HYBRIT’s hydrogen gas storage facility in Luleå
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall would like to invite you to the opening of HYBRIT’s pilot facility for fossil-free ... opening of HYBRIT’s pilot facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas storage in Svartöb...
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PRESS RELEASE
4 July 2018
Swedish Energy Agency supports Preem and Vattenfall's planned hydrogen gas plant in Gothenburg
planned hydrogen gas plant in Gothenburg Preem and Vattenfall have the shared goal of using hydrogen gas ... the preliminary planning of a new fossil-free hydrogen gas plant which, with a capacity of ...
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PRESS RELEASE
22 January 2021
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shell, Vattenfall and Wärme Hamburg sign Letter of Intent for 100 MW hydrogen project at Moorburg in Hamburg
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Shell, Vattenfall and municipal company Wärme Hamburg ... of intent to plan how they can jointly produce hydrogen from wind and solar power at Vattenfall’s Moor...
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PRESS RELEASE
20 January 2021
Vattenfall and Preem look into large-scale production of fossil-free hydrogen
The collaboration between ... Vattenfall and Preem, aimed at producing fossil-free hydrogen for biofuel production, is entering the next phase
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PRESS RELEASE
27 June 2022
Vattenfall and Preem to investigate large scale decarbonization using offshore wind and hydrogen
Vattenfall and Preem will now enter into a feasibility phase to assess the possibility of accelerating ... of a value chain connecting offshore wind and hydrogen with the refining industry on the Swed...
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PRESS RELEASE
19 May 2022
World’s first hydrogen-producing offshore wind turbine gets GBP 9.3million funding boost
Vattenfall has been awarded GBP 9.3 million in innovation funding ... from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 fund by the UK Government.
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PRESS RELEASE
3 October 2019
HYBRIT: SEK 200 million invested in pilot plant for storage of fossil-free hydrogen in Luleå
invested in pilot plant for storage of fossil-free hydrogen in Luleå SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall, the owners ... towards the construction of a storage facility for hydrogen at the HYBRIT pilot plan...
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PRESS RELEASE
21 June 2021
HYBRIT: SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall first in the world with hydrogen-reduced sponge iron
SSAB, LKAB and ... Vattenfall have now produced the world’s first hydrogen-reduced sponge iron at a pilot scale in the HYBRIT
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PRESS RELEASE
7 April 2021
HYBRIT: SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall building unique pilot project in Luleå for large-scale hydrogen storage investing a quarter of a billion Swedish kronor
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall have commenced building ... a rock cavern storage facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas on a pilot scale next to HYBRIT’s pilot facility
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PRESS RELEASE
6 May 2019
Preem and Vattenfall deepen partnership for the production of fossil-free fuel on a large scale
Vattenfall and Preem want to lead the transition towards a sustainable society. A new ... for increased collaboration around fossil-free hydrogen for biofuel production, electrification and electricit...
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PRESS RELEASE
15 March 2017
Preem and Vattenfall collaborate on large-scale biofuel project
investigate the potential of using climate-smart hydrogen gas in the large scale production of biofuel for ... climate smarter living, can provide climate-smart hydrogen gas for the fuel production. P...
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PRESS RELEASE
1 April 2022
HYBRIT receives support from the EU Innovation Fund
commercial-scale demonstration of a complete value chain for hydrogen-based iron- and steelmaking, from mine to fossil-free ... iron and steel production by using fossil-free hydrogen for direct reduc...
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PRESS RELEASE
11 May 2021
Vattenfall to investigate future possibilities for Magnum power plant
full potential to run on CO2-free fuel such as hydrogen in the future. “Magnum is a profitable and state-of-the-art ... plant profitable for the long term Magnum is "hydrogen-ready" and with...
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PRESS RELEASE
19 September 2019
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall to advocate for net zero emissions at UN Climate Week
society, the owners of the fossil-free HYBRIT (Hydrogen breakthrough ironmaking technology) initiative ... replacing coal with fossil-free electricity and hydrogen, HYBRIT technology will eliminate CO...
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PRESS RELEASE
31 August 2020
HYBRIT: SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall to start up the world’s first pilot plant for fossil-free steel
fossil-free electricity and its conversion to hydrogen are key components here, not just for the steel ... steel but also because the storage of hydrogen can balance an electricity system with more we...
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PRESS RELEASE
2 June 2022
Vattenfall to sell Dutch power plant Magnum to RWE
have a total capacity of 1,410 MW. Magnum is 'hydrogen-ready' and can be made technically suitable to ... completely on hydrogen. Modern, highly flexible gas-fired power plants that can be con...
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PRESS RELEASE
5 August 2020
HYBRIT: Successful trials using fossil-free fuels in the pellet process
chain from mine, using fossil-free electricity and hydrogen, to finished steel product, thereby cutting Sweden’s ... have been tested on a pilot scale. These include hydrogen and plasma. The results a...
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PRESS RELEASE
13 September 2017
HYBRIT: CEO recruited for fossil-free steel initiative
process using coal and coke with a process based on hydrogen gas. Since its launch, the initiative has received ... company between SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall. By using hydrogen instead of coke and coa...
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PRESS RELEASE
22 July 2022
Vattenfall – interim report, January-June 2022
of HYBRIT's pilot plant for storing fossil-free hydrogen. New initiative with Preem to phase out fossil ... fossil fuels using offshore wind power and hydrogen. New partnership with St1 for develo...
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PRESS RELEASE
28 June 2017
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall form joint venture company for fossil-free steel
electrification of the industry and climate-smart hydrogen gas have an important role to play," says Magnus ... that uses coal and coke with a process based on hydrogen gas, the aim is to develop...
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PRESS RELEASE
3 June 2020
Vattenfall inaugurates new heat and power plant and halves CO2 emissions in Berlin
term be replaced with renewable gas, for example hydrogen,” said Tanja Wielgoβ. Note to editors: In a joint ... efficient gas-based CHP plants - prepared for use of hydrogen gas - are the most importa...
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PRESS RELEASE
24 March 2021
HYBRIT: SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall to begin industrialization of future fossil-free steelmaking by establishing the world’s first production plant for fossil-free sponge iron in Gällivare
the huge need for fossil free electricity and hydrogen gas. On the back of an acceleration of HYBRIT ... weight will be eliminated from transport since hydrogen gas will be used to remove the oxygen i...
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PRESS RELEASE
11 December 2019
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall welcome higher ambitions to reach climate targets
infrastructure for fossil-free electricity and hydrogen,” says Martin Pei, CTO of SSAB and Chairman of ... globally. The HYBRIT project´s objective of storing hydrogen also contributes to increas...
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PRESS RELEASE
26 March 2019
Welcome to HYBRIT at Hannover messe
replace coking coal with fossil free electricity and hydrogen, developing the world's first fossil-free steelmaking ... more sustainable society. HYBRIT is short for Hydrogen Breakthrough Ironmaki...
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PRESS RELEASE
30 June 2022
Vattenfall and St1 form a new partnership to produce a large volume of fossil-free aviation electro fuel on the Swedish west coast
Vattenfall aims to develop an offshore wind power-based hydrogen supply infrastructure on the west coast of Sweden ... sustainable aviation fuel using the fossil-free hydrogen. Such volumes equal for ...
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PRESS RELEASE
8 February 2023
Vattenfall – year-end report 2022
Vattenfall presented the financial report for the year-end 2022 on 8 February. ... of HYBRIT's pilot plant for storing fossil-free hydrogen. The complete interim report and presentation
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PRESS RELEASE
18 August 2021
HYBRIT: The world's first fossil-free steel ready for delivery
technology, i.e., reduced by 100% fossil-free hydrogen instead of coal and coke, with good results. The ... LKAB. SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall created HYBRIT, Hydrogen Breakthrough Ironmaking Technology,...
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PRESS RELEASE
1 February 2018
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall to build a globally-unique pilot plant for fossil-free steel
The industrial electrification and climate-smart hydrogen will be crucial factors in lower emissions and ... ore into iron. The idea behind HYBRIT is to use hydrogen, which has been produced with elec...
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PRESS RELEASE
12 June 2018
Press invitation: HYBRIT - construction start on a globally unique pilot plant for fossil free steel production in Luleå, Sweden
Press invitation: HYBRIT - construction start on a globally unique pilot plant for fossil ... friberg@vattenfall.com, + 46 70 261 30 84 HYBRIT (Hydrogen Breakthrough Ironmaking Technology) is a...
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PRESS RELEASE
3 November 2021
SAS, Vattenfall, Shell and LanzaTech to explore synthetic sustainable aviation fuel production
will investigate fossil free electricity supply, hydrogen production and carbon dioxide recovery. Shell ... mainly be used to make hydrogen via electrolysis. Carbon dioxide plus hydrogen can be conver...
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PRESS RELEASE
20 June 2018
HYBRIT: Construction start for Globally-unique Pilot Plant for creating Fossil-free steel
development of the technique to produce steel by using hydrogen instead of coal and coke. This could lead to a ... fossil-free electricity to large-scale production of hydrogen, we can enable technica...
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PRESS RELEASE
28 June 2022
Vattenfall begins feasibility study on construction of small modular reactors at Ringhals
Electricity consumption in Sweden is expected to increase rapidly over the coming decades and, ... and technology for energy storage in the form of hydrogen gas. Read more about SMR at Ringhals For mo...
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PRESS RELEASE
26 August 2020
Media invitation: HYBRIT – the world’s very first pilot plant for fossil-free steel is now to start operation
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall start the test operation of HYBRIT’s globally unique pilot plant for ... created when using fossil-free electricity and hydrogen instead of coke and coal in steelmaking is wa...
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PRESS RELEASE
1 June 2021
Vattenfall to build Europe’s largest E-boiler in Amsterdam
Vattenfall has been granted permit and Dutch SDE++ subsidy to build a 150 MW “Power-to-Heat” ... the Netherlands; first on natural gas, but later hydrogen from renewable sources,” says Alexander van O...
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PRESS RELEASE
16 September 2019
Vattenfall and Federal State of Berlin: Coal exit in Berlin by 2030 is possible
Vattenfall and Federal State of Berlin: Coal exit in Berlin by 2030 is possible In 2017, ... modular gas-based CHP plants – ready for use of hydrogen - could make up around 60 percent. The integration
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PRESS RELEASE
16 September 2019
Vattenfall and Federal State of Berlin: Coal exit in Berlin by 2030 is possible
The result of the study "Carbon Exit and Sustainable District Heating Supply Berlin ... modular gas-based CHP plants – ready for use of hydrogen - could make up around 60 percent. The integration
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PRESS RELEASE
23 September 2019
HYBRIT highlighted as one of the most ambitious initiatives at UN Climate Action Summit
The owners behind HYBRIT initiative will join the Leadership Group for Industry Transition launched ... byproduct of using fossil-free electricity and hydrogen in steelmaking, instead of coke and coal...
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PRESS RELEASE
24 June 2021
Vattenfall to sell 49.5% of the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid to BASF
Vattenfall and BASF have agreed the sale of 49.5% of Vattenfall’s wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid. ... such as CO2-free methods for the production of hydrogen and electrically heated steam crackers, whi...