Acciaierie d’Italia has become a strategic partner of the H2Loop project

The site managed by the company was selected for the placement of pilot installations

Acciaierie d’Italia has begun work as a strategic partner in the European H2Loop project. This was announced in a statement by the company.

The project is dedicated to developing innovative solutions for sustainable hydrogen production and decarbonization of the steel sector. The initiative is co-financed by the European Commission under the RFCS-BIG TICKET program.

Acciaierie d’Italia’s research center in Taranto is one of the key partners of H2Loop selected for funding under the European RFCS-BIG TICKET call for proposals.

The initiative supports research and innovation projects in the steel sector that are in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal, promoting scientific excellence, competitiveness, and the sustainable development of European industry. Its main objective is to assess the feasibility and efficiency of applying a patented chemical cycle process for producing hydrogen from metallurgical gases.

The four-year H2Loop project brings together several international partners, including: VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut (BFI, Germany), Rouge H2 Engineering AG (Austria), the developer of the core technology, and the Italian academic institution Politecnico di Torino. A site managed by Acciaierie d’Italia was selected for the pilot plants.

It should be noted that Italy and Algeria are considering joint construction of a DRI production plant. The agreement between Italy’s CEIP Scarl and Algeria’s Copresud is estimated at €1 billion.