The two companies first collaborated last year, after Norwegian Hydrogen agreed to deliver green hydrogen from its Hellesylt plant to GreenIron’s first full-scale furnace for direct reduction of metals in Sandviken.
Under a new strategic cooperation, the partners plan to open up opportunities for wider hydrogen adoption across surrounding industries, supporting the Norwegian region’s broader green transition.
“This agreement strengthens our ability to deliver integrated, fossil-free solutions to key players in the steel and metals sector,” explained Jens Berge, CEO of Norwegian Hydrogen.
“Together with GreenIron, we are creating a scalable model for hydrogen-based industrial transformation, building on experience from our existing plans and collaboration.”
At GreenIron’s Sandviken plant, hydrogen replaces fossil fuels as the reducing agent for metal oxides, eliminating CO₂ emissions. The process uses hydrogen to strip oxygen from iron ore, producing direct reduced iron (DRI) that can be further processed into steel.
The facility is designed to produce up to 28,000 tonnes of direct reduced iron (DRI) per year.
Earlier this year, GreenIron also collaborated with one of the world’s largest iron ore producers, Vale.
Under an MOU, the Brazilian company will supply iron ore agglomerates to Sandviken while the partners also study the development of a hydrogen-based DRI facility in Brazil.
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