Projects · Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (Musaffah)
Masdar-EMSTEEL green hydrogen to green steel pilot
First in MENA to use green hydrogen to extract iron from iron ore. Hydrogen certified by Avance Labs to ISO 19870 and validated by Bureau Veritas. Pilot scale.
Last verified:
OperationalAs of 28 October 2024Confidence: High
- Location
- Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (Musaffah)
- Sponsors
- Masdar · EMSTEEL
- Capacity
- Not disclosed by sponsors; a US ITA page describes a 2 MW pilot
- Technology
- Green hydrogen direct reduced iron (DRI)
- Commissioned
- October 2024
- Offtake
- Not disclosed
What the sources establish
First in MENA to use green hydrogen to extract iron from iron ore. Hydrogen certified by Avance Labs to ISO 19870 and validated by Bureau Veritas. Pilot scale.
Sources
Source: Masdar · masdar.ae · 28 October 2024 · Retrieved 26 August 2026