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Swedish green steel venture HYBRIT has made the world's first customer delivery of steel, produced without using coal, to Volvo

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    monarda
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    Wow, that's super cool. I had no idea they were that close to delivery. In July I read this article, Sweden is experimenting with fossil-free steel, and knew Volvo had already promised to buy some...

    Wow, that's super cool. I had no idea they were that close to delivery. In July I read this article, Sweden is experimenting with fossil-free steel, and knew Volvo had already promised to buy some but for some reason thought I wouldn't hear more about it for a while. Thanks for posting!

    The article I read talked about building new wind turbines in the Norrland province to keep up with the growing electricity needs from the electrolysis. Do you know if they have started that yet?

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      mycketforvirrad
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      I did a quick Google around the headlines, but other than pre-planned natural expansion of wind turbines in the north of the country, nothing that seems to directly relate to the demand from this...

      The article I read talked about building new wind turbines in the Norrland province to keep up with the growing electricity needs from the electrolysis. Do you know if they have started that yet?

      I did a quick Google around the headlines, but other than pre-planned natural expansion of wind turbines in the north of the country, nothing that seems to directly relate to the demand from this operation.

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      1. monarda
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        Thanks for checking!

        Thanks for checking!

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