Norwegian Hydrogen and GreenIron H2 step up green hydrogen plant plans

Norwegian Hydrogen and Swedish company GreenIron H2 are to work on building and co-locating green hydrogen production plants and direct reduction furnaces under a new strategic agreement.

It builds on the partnership announced last October, to deliver green hydrogen from Norwegian Hydrogen’s production plant in Hellesylt, Norway, to GreenIron’s first full-scale furnace for direct reduction of metals in Sandviken, Sweden, and creates opportunities for wider hydrogen use in surrounding industries.

GreenIron’s patented technology uses green hydrogen to reduce metal oxides without generating CO2 emissions, enabling fossil-free metal production.

A single furnace is expected to reduce carbon emissions by around 56,000 tonnes per year compared with traditional coal-based methods, with the only residual product being water. Scaling up to 300 furnaces would correspond to roughly 35% of Sweden’s annual CO2 emissions.