The Düren-based plant builder TS Elino will build a direct reduction test facility, including the associated auxiliary units, at thyssenkrupp Steel's Duisburg-Nord site. The client is the VdEh Institute for Applied Research (BFI). The project aims to advance research into the direct reduction of iron ore.
Water electrolysis is the technology of choice for manufacturing green hydrogen. For decades, it has been tested and refined on a small scale. Now the challenge is to scale up quickly.