A new project has been launched by the Tuscany Public Health Service, in cooperation with Italy's National Research Council, in order to produce hydrogen from iron slags. The hydrogen produced will be used to feed a 22,300 mWh per year power station, while the remaining volume can absorb a huge quantity of carbon dioxide (up to 685,000 mt per year). By-products may be used in production of concrete and in preparation of road surfaces.
The Tuscany Public Health Service has already filed for an international patent, which would be the first of its kind in the world, and plans to start production within two years.