Nel ASA: Receives purchase order for 20MW alkaline electrolyzer from Ovako.
Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS, a division of Nel ASA (Nel, OSE: NEL), has received a purchase order for a 20MW alkaline water electrolyser from Ovako, a leading European manufacturer of engineering steel. The electrolyser will be installed at Ovako’s existing plant in Hofors, Sweden, the first plant in the world to use hydrogen to heat steel prior to rolling and hot forming.
The fossil-free hydrogen will replace the use of fossil propane gas currently used in heating furnaces at the site.
Jon André Løkke, CEO at Nel.
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We are very excited to announce the delivery of electrolyser equipment to Ovako, and this groundbreaking project.
“There is huge potential in reducing CO2-emissions from steel-heating processes through the use of green hydrogen, there are numerous similar sites with equally large potential for decarbonization across Europe and the rest of the world. We look forward to working with Ovako and its partners to further develop fossil-free steel production in all the sites where this will be relevant”
Nel has received a purchase order for a 20MW alkaline electrolyser system from Ovako, a leading European manufacturer of engineering steel. The purchase order has a contract value of approximately EUR 11 million and the equipment is expected to be delivered at the end of 2022, with the first hydrogen production in 2023.
The electrolyser will produce oxygen and hydrogen to be used in Ovako’s steel-heating process and is a major step towards zero-carbon emission steel production The conversion to hydrogen will enable Ovako to reduce its CO2 emissions for steel production in Hofors by 50 percent from already low levels
Rickard Qvarfort, President Business unit Hofors.
In June we announced our collaboration with the Volvo Group, Hitachi Energy, H2 Green Steel and Nel Hydrogen with the purpose to invest in fossil-free hydrogen in Hofors.
“An investment that also got the support from the Swedish Energy Agency. We are now very pleased to have reached this important milestone of the project. The electrolyser technology will enable us to eliminate CO2 for heating steel before rolling.”
Ovako is a leading European manufacturer of engineering steel for customers e.g. in the bearing, transportation and manufacturing industries, and is a subsidiary of Sanyo Special Steel and part of the Nippon Steel Corporation Group.
The company has geographical presence in Europe, North America and Asia, and a steel product line that includes niche products and customized solutions. The carbon footprint of Ovako’s steel products is a full 80 percent lower than the global average.
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Nel ASA: Receives purchase order for 20MW alkaline electrolyser from Ovako, November 25, 2021
