The Indian government has approved three pilot projects for production of steel using hydrogen for which it will provide financial assistance of about $42 million, a government official said on Thursday, March 26.
The official said that the pilot projects including financial support are part of India’s ‘National Green Hydrogen Mission’ under the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) and will be completed within the next three years.
The pilot projects will advance use of appropriate technology for using green hydrogen in steelmaking, validate technical feasibility and performance parameters of green hydrogen and its derivates, and will demonstrate safe operations in production of low-carbon steel, the official said.
The pilots will involve 100 percent use of green hydrogen to produce direct reduction iron (DRI), using green hydrogen in blast furnaces, and will reduce use of coal and coke, injecting hydrogen in vertical shaft-based iron-making units, he added.
The three projects will be implemented by Matrix Gas Renewables, Simplex Castings and Steel Authority of India.