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Forrest says hydrogen subsidy makes green iron commercially viable in Australia (reneweconomy.com.au)
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[–] teegus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

"green iron".. iron oxide?

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's this BS where everything done with renewables is green

So if you burn green hydrogen to make iron, the iron is green

[–] BrowseMan@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Hmmm I heard of studies/prototyping/research to completely overhaul steel production in order to reduce the (gigantic) carbon footprint. It might be linked?

Not just heating it differently, really change the process.. Searching for source, will update.

Edit: not exactly what I was looking for but I found this: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-industry/us-pledges-up-to-1b-for-two-pioneering-green-steel-projects

Using hydrogen instead of coal, not for heating but for the reaction actually creating iron. I remeber reading about rotating furnace, like the one used to create cement.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago

That would be red, unless you have something else in it. But it is actually about turning iron ore, which is basically dirty iron oxide, into pure iron:

Fe~2~0~3~ + 3H~2~ → 2Fe + 3 H~2~O