US’ Steel Dynamics to supply CO2-reduced steel to Mercedes-Benz
Views : 263
Update time : 2023-09-22 17:03:20
Mercedes-Benz has signed an agreement with Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI) to purchase more than 50,000 tons of CO2-reduced steel per year for its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
SDI steel will be manufactured with an electric arc furnace (EAF) and it will be powered by 100% renewable energy. With the use of the green-energy-powered EAF, emissions can be reduced by more than half on average to 1.0 ton of CO2 emissions per ton of steel compared to steel production by using blast furnaces and basic oxygen furnaces.
The mass production of SDI’s CO2-reduced steel was expected to be started as soon as September 2023 at the Tuscaloosa plant. Both Mercedes-Benz and SDI have a consensus to increase scrap use in the near future, which would further reduce the carbon footprint.
