BP partners with thyssenkrupp to supply solar, green hydrogen for steel manufacturing

• Energy significant bp has signed a memorandum of comprehending with German empire thyssenkrupp concentrated on the supply of low-carbon hydrogen as well as renewable power in steel manufacturing.

The companies will discover supply options for green and blue hydrogen, along with power from solar and also wind generation making use of power purchase agreements.

While thyssenkrupp Steel presently represents 2.5% of CO2 emissions in Germany, the business intends to make steel manufacturing climate neutral in the long term by changing coal-fired blast heaters with straight decrease plants where iron ore is minimized with low-carbon hydrogen.

"The MoU is a crucial milestone for us to establish the training course with bp for a reliable supply of energy in the future," claimed Arnd Köfler, chief innovation officer at thyssenkrupp Steel.

Thyssenkrupp announced a partnership with German utility E.On back in 2020 to connect large-scale hydrogen electrolysis plants right into Germany's grid using a renewables-backed virtual power plant. Such a technique, the business stated at the time, would make hydrogen electrolysis plants "electricity market all set".

BP, meanwhile, strengthened its green hydrogen existence last month by obtaining a 40.5% risk in the Asian Renewable Energy Hub, which is prepared for Western Australia and might generate around 1.6 million tonnes of green hydrogen or 9 million tonnes of green ammonia annually when functional.