An electrifying look at the future of steel
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The Electricity-Based Approach for Steel Production
Molten oxide electrolysis is a direct electricity-driven process. It borrows heavily from the steel industry, but also how aluminum is made today. We're dependent on largely what has to be firm 24-7, renewable electricity. There's no carbon in the process, the only emission is really oxygen that comes off. The technology can produce four megawatt hours of electricity for every ton of steel produced.
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