Three Italian industrial companies are partners in the European HyTecHeat project
Tenova, a company specializing in innovative solutions for the metals and mining industry, has announced a collaboration with Italian companies De Nora and Snam on a project to test hybrid heating technologies for reheating steel, HydroNews reports .
The three Italian companies are partners in the European project HyTecHeat, funded by the EU through the Horizon Europe program for 3.3 million euros, which aims to develop the use of hydrogen-based hybrid technologies for the production of low-carbon steel.
As part of the project, Tenova will install a hydrogen production and storage system at its facilities in Castellanza (province of Varese, Italy), which will be used to experimentally refuel H2-primed burners with a mixture of hydrogen and methane. The storage facility will be operated by Snam and De Nora will supply a 1 MW Dragonfly electrolyser, a state-of-the-art system used for the first time in the European initiative.
The tests to be carried out by HyTecHeat's partners will cover all aspects of the value chain, from renewable energy production to green hydrogen production and storage, as well as the integration of the electrolyser with industrial furnaces, including process control and safety measures .
“It is very important that Tenova works with its partners to achieve common decarbonization goals. This project strengthens our efforts to develop an industrial-scale system capable of integrating hydrogen production from renewable sources, its storage and use in combustion processes”, said Roberto Pancaldi, CEO of Tenova.
As the GMK Center previously reported, the European Commission has allocated €402 million in funding for the creation of a green hydrogen hub in the Italian region of Puglia. Green Valley will provide 260 MW of solar power generation and 160 MW of electrolysis capacity for hydrogen production near the cities of Brindisi and Taranto.
