Project Ghent Steelanol

Project Owner... ArcelorMittal  
Project name Ghent Steelanol  
Status operational  
Startup 2022  
Geodata
Country Belgium  
City Ghent  
Production
Type TRL 8 First-of-a-kind commercial  
Technology PVC5: Alcohol fuels from cellulosic sugars  
Technology additional information LanzaTech technology  
Raw Material waste gases  
Input 1 steel flue gas  
Output 1 ethanol (64,000 t/y )  
Output additional information Classified according to EU RED as Recycled Carbon Fuel (RCF)  
Additional Information
Funding EUR 10,200,000  
Funding Explanation funded under Horizon 2020 H2020-LCE-12-2014-2  
Partners ArcelorMittal, Primetals, E4tech  
Technology Brief The process for ethanol production at the steel mill in Ghent makes use of a technology developed by LanzaTech, whereby gases produced during the chemistry of steel production are fermented by microbes that secrete ethanol.  
Additional Information Project progress has been delayed due to obtaining regulatory approval for the ethanol under EU incentive regimes (RED, FQD) and for securing financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Optimization of the technology operated in China, will be implemented at this site. This will be the first project globally to demonstrate utilization of Blast Furnace (BF) gas in a live fermentation. This is particularly important as more than 80% of the carbon rich gases available at steel mills is BF gas, highlighting the first commercial application of using this gas stream globally.  
Contact Information
John Kennedylaan 51, 9042 Ghent, Belgium T : +32 (0) 9 347 31 11 - E : info@steelanol.eu  
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