At the end of 2025, a meeting of all partners in the European H2Loop project took place at Acciaierie d'Italia in Extraordinary Administration in Taranto. The initiative is co-financed by the European Commission as part of the RFCS-BIG TICKET programme.   

Rouge H2 Engineering AG is a technology provider in the EU project H2LOOP for decarbonising the steel industry. Rouge H2 Engineering AG provides the technology in the form of its patented chemical looping process (CLH), which is used to produce hydrogen from metallurgical gases. The project focuses on developing innovative solutions for the sustainable production of hydrogen from blast furnace gases and the associated contribution to the decarbonisation of the steel sector.  

AMBARtec AG provides technological support. Rouge H2 Engineering is supported by AMBARtec AG, its partner company, whose colleagues have extensive experience with the iron oxide nuggets used in CLH and in scaling up the process.
 

Picture above: Trial operation at Rouge H2 Engineering © Rouge H2 Engineering


Three other partners are involved in the four-year project: VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH (BFI), a German research center with over 50 years of experience in the steel industry; Acciaierie d'Italia in Extraordinary Administration, Italy's largest steel mill, where a corresponding pilot plant is being implemented; and the Polytechnic University of Turin, a leading Italian university in the field of engineering.  

The primary goal of H2Loop is to demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of the proprietary chemical looping process (CLH) in generating hydrogen from metallurgical gases. This solution could accelerate the sustainable transformation of the steel industry by reducing CO₂ emissions and enabling the production of hydrogen for industrial use.

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