Let’s decarbonize steel

Let's
decarbonize
steel

Nel’s electrolysers are helping transform one of the world’s most carbon-intensive industries - enabling fossil-free steel production with clean, renewable hydrogen.

Steel production is a major emissions challenge.

The global steel industry accounts for approximately 7% of global CO₂ emissions, primarily due to coal-based blast furnace methods.

With increasing regulatory demands and global pressure for decarbonization, transitioning to green steel is crucial to meeting net-zero targets by 2050.

Steel is foundational to infrastructure, transportation, and manufacturing – making its decarbonization an urgent environmental and economic priority.

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Annual CO₂ emissions from the global steel industry

Source: IEA & World Steel Association

Our electrolyser technology is the future of clean steel production.

MC Series

PEM Electrolysers

High-purity green hydrogen: PEM electrolysers generate ultra-pure hydrogen using renewable electricity and water, enabling steel manufacturers to replace coal-based reduction methods and drastically cut CO₂ emissions.
Modular scalability: PEM solutions easily scale from demonstration plants to large industrial facilities, efficiently meeting growing demands for clean hydrogen in steel production.
Industrial reliability: Engineered for high availability and robust operation, PEM electrolysers ensure stable hydrogen supply, seamless integration into existing steelmaking processes, and long-term performance.

A Series

Alkaline Electrolysers

Trusted industrial technology: Alkaline electrolysers have proven their effectiveness and reliability in large-scale industrial applications, ideal for steel manufacturers transitioning to hydrogen-based processes.
Continuous, stable operation: Optimized for steady hydrogen production, alkaline electrolysers ensure uninterrupted supply, critical for high-capacity steel plants.
Economical large-scale production: Offering competitive capital expenditure and energy efficiency, alkaline electrolysers provide steel producers a cost-effective solution for reducing operational costs and emissions.

Proven technology. Trusted partner.

Nel’s expertise in electrolysis technology is central to pioneering green steel projects globally, enabling steel producers to significantly reduce carbon emissions with reliable and efficient hydrogen solutions.

Chosen repeatedly for our electrolysers’ efficiency, scalability, and seamless integration, Nel empowers steel manufacturers to achieve ambitious decarbonization goals, driving the shift from fossil-based methods to sustainable hydrogen-powered production.

As the steel sector advances towards sustainability, Nel is ready to support its transformation – delivering clean hydrogen solutions at industrial scale for a cleaner, greener future.

Hybrit

Nel’s alkaline electrolysers support HYBRIT, the world’s first fossil-free steel production initiative in Sweden, demonstrating the viability of hydrogen-powered steelmaking at an industrial scale.

Ovako

Nel’s alkaline electrolysers power Ovako’s pioneering facility in Hofors, Sweden—the first plant globally to use green hydrogen to heat steel prior to rolling and hot forming.

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Nel’s containerized PEM electrolysers supply renewable hydrogen for a leading U.S. steel producer’s new facility, continuing a successful partnership already established at two existing sites.

At Nel, we believe that the future belongs to the front-runners.

To find out more, watch this short film all about Nel and Ovako’s project: