Good Neighbors Louisiana coalition urges LDEQ to provide at least 60 days for public comment Labor, environmental health, civil rights, and community groups are warning that the recently published proposed air permit for Hyundai’s steel mill will have a severe impact on community and worker health, exacerbating cancer, asthma, and … [continued]
The Air Permit Application for the Facility Submitted to LDEQ Lacks Full Analysis Required by Law The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality must fully evaluate the veracity of local job claims, community impacts of taxpayer subsidies, and other economic ripple effects of Hyundai Steel’s proposed facility, according to new comments … [continued]
Sarah Inskeep Talks Supply Chains for Energy Technologies—and One NLR Model That Brings Them Together When you plug in your phone or laptop, do you ever think about the wires that carry the electricity to the battery? Okay, now what about the powerlines, transformers, and substations that move the electricity … [continued]
Boston Metal’s near-term evidence points to selected critical-metals recovery, while bulk green iron remains a separate proof burden.
Boston Metal’s public story has shifted in a way that makes the company more credible in the near term, but less sweeping as a green-steel story. The company is still built around molten oxide electrolysis, or MOE, an electrically driven process for reducing metal oxides without coal. The near-term commercial … [continued]
Steel decarbonization is a route shift: scrap and electric arc furnaces do the heavy lifting, while clean primary iron remains a bounded and contested market.
Steel decarbonization keeps being pulled into the wrong conversation. Call it a future hydrogen market, and the discussion moves quickly to electrolyzers, pipelines, storage caverns, offtake contracts, national hydrogen strategies, and industrial-policy speeches looking for a customer. That framing is convenient for hydrogen advocates, but it is not how the … [continued]
Steel decarbonization starts with demand, scrap, and electric arc furnaces, leaving new iron as the smaller residual problem.
Steel keeps getting framed as a hydrogen problem because hydrogen gives the sector a single shiny lever. Replace coal with hydrogen, keep making new iron, plug it into an electric arc furnace, and declare victory somewhere around the ribbon-cutting ceremony. It is an attractive story for governments, incumbent producers, electrolyzer … [continued]
If designed properly, low-carbon steel credits under the EU car CO₂ standards can create a lead market for green steel produced in Europe. Given the automotive sector’s large steel demand and purchasing power, the mechanism could support the scale-up and commercialisation of green steel projects, strengthen Europe’s industrial base and … [continued]
Hyundai IONIQ 5 under production in Metaplant in Savannah, Georgia. Photo by Kyle Field | CleanTechnica.
More changes needed to bring the plant into line with the law and community expectations Donaldsonville, La. — In an update made public Monday, Hyundai Steel submitted changes to its air permit application that reveal the company plans to switch nine dirty industrial heaters at its proposed steel plant from … [continued]
The IAA proposal is a solid start, but T&E’s position paper argues that many loopholes must be closed to effectively scale a European battery value chain. T&E supports strong Made-in-EU policies to build Europe’s economic resilience, safeguard jobs and advance its climate and security objectives. The EU should ensure a … [continued]
The permit contains significant flaws & inconsistencies that should prompt thorough review by LDEQ. Baton Rouge, LA — Today, Sierra Club submitted a detailed analysis to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality highlighting the flaws and errors in Hyundai Steel’s air permit application for its proposed steel plant in Ascension Parish. The … [continued]
