Hydrogen was used instead of liquefied petroleum gas.
Like many industrial sectors, the steel industry has quite a significant impact on the environment.Two firms have trialed the use of hydrogen to heat steel at a facility in Sweden, a move that could eventually help to make the industry more sustainable.
"This is a major development for the steel industry," Göran Nyström, Ovako's executive vice president for group marketing and technology, said in a statement. As with many industrial sectors, the steel industry has quite a significant impact on the environment. According to the World Steel Association, on average, 1.85 metric tons of carbon dioxide were emitted for each metric ton of steel produced in 2018. The International Energy Agency has described the steel sector as being "highly reliant on coal, which supplies 75% of energy demand.
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