ArcelorMittal has invested USD 5M in Utility Global through its XCarb® Innovation Fund. The Fund invests in companies developing disruptive technologies that have the potential to support the decarbonisation of steelmaking.
Utility Global has developed a patented reactor which processes variable industrial process gases, without the use of electricity, into high-purity hydrogen and a concentrated CO2 stream that can be captured and stored. The hydrogen produced can be recirculated into the steelmaking process to replace natural gas, while the purity of the concentrated CO2 stream significantly simplifies and reduces the cost of subsequent carbon capture and sequestration.
In addition, ArcelorMittal has entered into a collaboration agreement to accelerate the technology for commercial adoption, by exploring opportunities to host pilot plants at ArcelorMittal facilities with an option to progress to large scale commercial facility at one of ArcelorMittal’s integrated steel plants.
ArcelorMittal’s XCarb® Innovation Fund has committed to investments in eight companies covering a range of decarbonisation technologies – renewable energy, long duration energy storage, carbon capture and utilisation, green hydrogen production, nuclear energy, molten oxide electrolysis and biochar production.
