GravitHy Fos sur Mer iron plant is a steel plant in Fos-Sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.
Location The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in Fos-Sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France:
Location: Fos-sur-Mer, FranceCoordinates (WGS 84 ): 43.436519, 4.852576 (approximate)Ownership Tree This ownership tree is part of the Global Energy Ownership Tracker , a project of Global Energy Monitor.
Low-emissions/green steelmaking This steel plant is associated with a green steel project tracked in the Green Steel Tracker . Details about the project are included below.
Table 1: Green Steel Project Details
All references for the above data are available in the Green Steel Tracker .
Project 1
Project name
GravitHy For sur Mer
Company
GravitHy
Company has climate goals?
No
Location
Fos sur Mer, France
Project website
Site
Project scale
Full scale
Project status
Construction
Year to be online
2027
Technology to be used
H-DRI
Technology details
Green electricity electrolysis
Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year)
2
Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year)
Not applicable
CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year)
Not applicable
Hydrogen generation capacity (MW)
Not applicable
Investment size (m USD)
2308
Partners
Rio Tinto, EIT InnoEnergy, Engie New Ventures, Forvia, Groupe IDEC, Plug and Primetals Technologies.
Date of announcement
6/30/2022
Plant Details Table 2: General Plant DetailsTable 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Parent company
Parent company PermID
Parent GEM entity ID
Owner
Owner company PermID
Owner GEM entity ID
small shareholder(s)
not applicable
E100001015587
GravitHy [100%][ 4]
5083361782
E100001012048 [100%]
Table 4: Process and ProductsTable 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
1 Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1
Sponge iron/DRI capacity
Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced
2000[ 4]
2000[ 4]
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)Unit Details Table 7: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Announced date
Construction date
Start date
Furnace type
Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1)
announced[ 4]
2022-06-30[ 1]
2027[ 2]
2029[ 3] [ 2]
not found
2000[ 4]
Table 8: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details
Unit name
Current or initial reductant
Gas reductant
Current or initial hydrogen reductant color
unknown DRI (1)
gas[ 2] [ 5]
hydrogen[ 2] [ 5]
green
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