Thyssenkrupp will spend $2bn on a DRI plant at Duisburg
Air Liquide completes Duisburg pipeline
Connection runs 4km from Thyssenkrupp steel mill to hydrogen network
Industrial gases company Air Liquide has completed a pipeline to provide green hydrogen to steelmaker Thyssenkrupp at its Duisburg complex in Germany. The 4km pipeline connects the Duisburg steel mill to Air Liquide's hydrogen network in the Ruhr district. The network links hydrogen production plants and consumers in Marl, Oberhausen, Krefeld, Leverkusen, Dormagen, Dusseldorf and other cities in the region. The pipeline will transport 2,900t/yr of green hydrogen from late 2023. 2,900 t/yr – Capacity of pipeline “By linking our site to the Air Liquide hydrogen pipeline, we are creating the conditions for climate-friendly steel production,” says Bernhard Osburg, CEO of Thyssenkrupp Ste
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