Environmental decarbonization and obtaining green energy

The way forward to be pioneers

Decarbonization of the steel industry with biowaste streams

A zero-emissions continent is one of the many goals set by the European Commission for a greener and more resilient Europe, and performed through policies and initiatives like the European Green Deal, the 2030 Climate Target Plan or the 2050 long-term strategy.

H2STEEL has the goal of creating a ground-breaking competitive solution for sustainable green hydrogen and bio coal production from circular biowaste streams. The project wants to contribute to the EU Green Hydrogen economy and to the decarbonization of the European steel sector, as its green transition is a priority.

A greener and more resilient Europe

H2STEEL project wants to present an innovative, disruptive solution to convert wet waste streams into green Hydrogen, Carbon and Critical Raw Materials. The disruptive hydrogen production via a biomethane catalytic cracking through a new biochar-based catalyst and reactor, is meant to open a new route for cost-competitive green H₂ in Europe.

Innovation for green H2 production

Innovation for green H2 production The innovative solution developed by H2STEEL represents an unconventional step towards the application of carbon-based catalytic pyrolysis of biomethane, where the catalyst is cost-effective – as produced from wastes –, resistant to contaminants and temperature, and ready to be used in a downstream industry (industrial symbiosis). This can help saving the energy and cost for the regeneration step and avoiding the release of CO2 to the atmosphere, as it happens in the Steam Methane Reforming process or in most of the catalysts’ regeneration steps.