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How a Japanese Factory Is Making Steel from Hydrogen
Lucas and Luna visit the world's first operating hydrogen-based steel plant in Japan. The episode explores how Mitsubishi and Nippon Steel are piloting a direct reduction process that replaces coke with green hydrogen, cutting carbon emissions by 95 percent per ton of steel. Lucas breaks down the numbers: the plant currently produces 250,000 tons annually at a cost premium of 30 percent over conventional blast furnaces. Luna asks about the scale challenge — to replace one million tons of conventional steel, you'd need about 12 gigawatts of electrolysis capacity. They discuss the…
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