Snam Teams Up to Decarbonize Metals Industry

Snam, an energy infrastructure operator in Europe, will collaborate with a developer of solutions for the green transition of the metals industry to decarbonize the metals sector in Italy and abroad. The companies will conduct studies and market analysis to implement metal production systems with green hydrogen.

The aim of the collaboration with Tenova is to provide commercial solutions tested in industrial plants to implement reductions in CO₂ and NO_x emissions. Snam will contribute expertise on hydrogen technologies and transport. Tenova will provide industry knowledge of combustion systems for heat treating.

“Through this agreement,” Cosma Panzacchi, EVP for Hydrogen at Snam commented, “we further develop our network of partners and projects to introduce green hydrogen into the relevant productive processes of the metals industry. Hydrogen is essential to cut emissions from the production of steel and other metals, as well as from all hard-to-abate sectors such as cement, ceramic, chemistry and refining[. . .].”

“Everyone talks about green hydrogen,” Roberto Pancaldi, CEO of Tenova says, “but the reality is that its supply and use are still limited, and, at the same time, pressures to mitigate climate change are getting stronger. For this reason, we are developing a ready-to-use solution [. . .].”