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SSAB Secures $500 Million US DOE Grant to Manufacture Green Steel
March 25, 2024 – The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that SSAB, a Mobile, AL based steel manufacturer, has been awarded a $500 million grant under the Industrial Decarbonization and Emissions Reduction Demonstration to Deployment grant program. SSAB will use DOE and company funds to commercialize the production of Green Steel in Perry County, MS and Montpelier, IA.
SSAB’s project will be the first demonstration scale facility in the world capable of producing hydrogen reduced fossil-free sponge iron. The project will accelerate decarbonization of the iron and steel sector, provide sustainable solutions to a wide range of steel consumers, and create 540 full time jobs and ~6,000 construction jobs.
At the Perry County, MS facility, SSAB will use HYBRIT® – A new revolutionary steelmaking technology that produces fossil-free Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) with 100% hydrogen gas as the fuel source. SSAB also plans to expand the company’s Montpelier, IA steelmaking facility to utilize the resulting hydrogen-reduced DRI.
The HYBRIT investment is intended to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 81% compared to traditional production methods of DRI in terms of normalized cradle-to-gate global warming potential (GWP). The SSAB Iowa projected production is expected to result in the realization of a 55% decrease in GHG emissions compared to current production methods in terms of normalized cradle-to-gate GWP.
Kalbacher Associates (KA) was pleased to be part of the SSAB consulting and grant writing team that prepared the winning application. DOE grant applications encompass all aspects of company operations from describing the technical plans; to addressing environmental considerations; to documenting the business imperative and plan for successful operation; and to developing a meaningful and sustainable community engagement program.
SSAB Hydrogen-fueled Zero Emissions Steel Making Process
Infrastructure Grants
GRANT: 2024 US DOT - Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
CLIENT: Win-Waste Innovations, NH
AWARD: $8,868,942
GRANT: 2024 US DOE Industrial Demonstrations Program Funding Grant
CLIENT: SSAB, AL
AWARD: $500,000,000
GRANT: 2024 Wyoming Energy Authority Energy Matching Funds
CLIENT: Babcock & Wilcox, OH
AWARD: $15,995,451
GRANT: US DOE 2022 AMMTO-GTO Lithium Extraction and Conversion from Geothermal Brines
CLIENT: EnergyX, TX
AWARD: $5,000,000
GRANT: 2024 US DOT Safe Streets For All Grant
CLIENT: Buckhead Community Improvement District
AWARD: $10,000,000
GRANT: US DOT 2023 Bridge Investment Program Grant
CLIENT: Madison, WI
AWARD: $15,100,000
GRANT: 2023 US DOT Port Infrastructure Development Grant
CLIENT: Virgin Island Port Authority
AWARD: $22,400,000
GRANT: US DOT 2022 RAISE Grant
CLIENT: Fernley, NV
AWARD: $25,000,000
GRANT: US DOT 2021 RAISE Grant
CLIENT: Charlotte, NC
AWARD: $15,000,000
GRANT: 2020 US DOT Port Infrastructure Development Grant
CLIENT: Virgin Island Port Authority
AWARD: $21,869,260
GRANT: US DOT 2020 BUILD Grant
CLIENT: Lexington, NC
AWARD: $24,960,534
GRANT: US DOT 2019 BUILD Grant
CLIENT: Jacksonville, FL Port Authority
AWARD: $20,000,000
GRANT: 2019 US DOT BUILD Grant
CLIENT: Moorseville, NC
AWARD: $13,600,000
GRANT: 2019 US DOT CRISI Grant
CLIENT: Moorseville, NC
AWARD: $4,487,500
GRANT: 2019 US DOT INFRA Grant
CLIENT: Cumberland CID, GA
AWARD: $5,000,000
GRANT: 2019 US DOT CRISI Grant
CLIENT: Huntsville, AL
AWARD: $8,000,000
GRANT: 2018 America’s Marine Highways Grant
CLIENT: Port of New Orleans, LA
AWARD: $2,500,000