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The Transformer Project has come to a successful close! 🎉 We ended on a high note with two fantastic site visits to thyssenkrupp and Wilo Group facilities. Now it's time to deep dive into thyssenkrupp! 🚀 Thyssenkrupp's steel plant in #Duisburg is the largest in Europe, with a capacity of 11.5 million tons of steel per year. Currently, the plant produces 9 million tons due to market conditions. 🏭 Steel production is a significant contributor to CO2 emissions, producing 1.4 tons of CO2 per ton of steel. This accounts for 5% of EU emissions and 7% globally, mainly due to the use of coke in the process. 🌱 Thyssenkrupp is pioneering a shift to a climate-neutral process. They are preparing to build a new technological system where the current blast furnace will be replaced by a Direct Reduction (DR) plant and melting unit, using hydrogen instead of coke. This new system is planned to start its operation in 2026, with a total investment of 9 billion euros required for three units over time. 🔥 Our group had the privilege of observing the first stage of steel production: the blast furnace, where hot metal is produced from metallic ore, coke, and flux. This metal is then transported by special trains for secondary metallurgy. A big thank you to thyssenkrupp for the incredible tour! 🙌 #Thyssenkrupp #Sustainability #SteelProduction #ClimateNeutral #FinalConference Spela Zalokar,Mariem CHAKROUN, Omer Onur, Robert Pudełko, Thomas Meister, Tommaso Simeoni, Paola Astegiano, Alexander Botev, Gerd Schönwälder, Markus Querfurt

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