MIT spinout Boston Metal has powered up its electricity driven steel production reactor and made over a ton of metal in a crucial step toward commercializing its process. With clean electricity, the process could make steel with zero CO2 emissions.
Green steel plant glugs out first ton of molten metal
Submitted 2 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://newatlas.com/energy/green-steel-plant-boston-metal/
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I thought induction smelting has been a thing for a while? How is this different, just that they’re hooking up to green energy sources?
SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Right there in the article.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Does induction smelting still release CO2 somehow?