BioRECAST/H2STEEL Webinar on Defossilizing the Steel Sector

This webinar is jointly organised by the projects BioRECAST (BIObased REsidues Conversion to Advanced fuels for sustainable STeel production) and H2Steel (Green H2 and circular bio-coal from biowaste for cost-competitive sustainable Steel) in close cooperation with IEA Bioenergy Task 33: Gasification of Biogenic and Waste Feedstocks for a Sustainable Future.

BioRECAST addresses the challenge of decarbonizing the steel sector by exploring the use of residual organic waste, such as sewage sludge, industrial sludge, domestic organic waste, food waste, and agricultural waste, through slow pyrolysis. By producing biocoal and pyrolysis gases and upgrading the chemical composition of biocoal, the project seeks to provide an alternative to fossil coal in the steel-making process, particularly in Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) plants.

H2Steel aims at creating a ground-breaking competitive solution for sustainable green hydrogen and biocoal production from circular biowaste streams. The project thus contributes to the EU Green Hydrogen economy and to the decarbonization of the European steel sector, as its green transition is a priority.

IEA Bioenergy Task 33 promotes the commercialisation of efficient, economically and environmentally preferable thermal biomass and waste gasification processes (BMG) by monitoring the current status of BMG processes, and identifying hurdles to advance further development, operational reliability, and reducing the capital cost of BMG systems.

We would like to cordially invite you to join this webinar

• Wednesday, 18 June 2025
• 10:00 – 11:30 CEST
• Online workshop via Teams
• Register here

This webinar will serve to present and discuss activities and results of the two European projects BioRECAST and H2Steel, aiming at finding promising solutions for the defossilization of the steel sector based on renewable carbon and green hydrogen. Furthermore, an overview will be provided on recent activities performed within IEA Bioenergy Task 33 on biocarbon production and usage in metallurgical industries on a global scale.

Webinar Agenda:

10:00 – 10:10 Welcome and introduction, Dr. Rainer Janssen, WIP Renewable Energies, Germany

10:10 – 10:20 Hard to abate? Renewable Carbon and Hydrogen to defossilize the steel sector, Prof. David Chiaramonti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

10:20 – 10:35 Biorecast: how the integration of a slow pyrolysis plant into the EAF can defossilize the metalluergy sector, Prof. David Chiaramonti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

10:35 – 10:50 H2Steel: Production of green hydrogen and biogenic carbon for the European steel sector, Eng. Viviana Negro, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

10:50 – 11:10 Challenges in biocarbon production and usage in metallurgical industries, Prof. Kentaro Umeki, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, IEA Bioenergy Task 33: Gasification of Biogenic and Waste Feedstocks for a Sustainable Future

11:10 – 11:30 Q/A and Conclusions