Making carbon-free steel with clean electricity
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Steel production generates almost 10% of global carbon emissions and has long been considered “hard to abate.” Enter Boston Metal, a startup that aims to make carbon-free steel using only (sing it with me!) clean electricity. CEO Tadeu Carneiro explains “molten oxide electrolysis” and its potential to transform the industry.

This boston company has developed a new process to manufacture steel using zero carbon dioxide and a whole lot of electricity

  • delirious_owl
    10·
    6 months ago

    This is an an ad for VC funding. German companies have been using wind turbines to generate hydrogen to burn their furnaces for steel refining for years.

    • Dippy@beehaw.orgOP
      4·
      6 months ago

      This process doesn’t use Hydrogen. They briefly discuss the hydrogen powered steel process to cover the bases, but this is a different process.

      As for the Ad allegation, I mean kinda, that’s why the CEO agreed to the interview, but David Roberts just likes interviewing interesting innovators and policy leaders in the climate Tech space.