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Masdar and Emirates Steel Arkan to develop MENA region’s first green hydrogen-based project to decarbonize the UAE’s hard-to-abate steel sector

Hydrogen steel

The pilot project is the first-of-its-kind in the Middle East and North African region. Located in the Emirates Steel Arkan production facilities at the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi, the project is currently in the installation phase. Electrolyzers have already been delivered to the site to help produce ‘green steel’, a premium product sought after by global manufacturers eager to meet their net-zero goals. Expected to be commissioned in early 2024, the project will demonstrate the use of green hydrogen - instead of natural gas - to extract iron from iron ore, a key step in steelmaking.

Hydrogen for Steel