GravitHy Fos sur Mer iron plant

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GravitHy Fos sur Mer iron plant is a direct reduced iron (DRI) announced steel plant in Fos-Sur-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

Location

The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in Fos-Sur-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhône, France:

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• Location: Fos-sur-Mer, France
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 43.436519, 4.852576 (approximate)

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
Company	GravitHy
Company has climate goals?	Not applicable for emerging
Location	Fos sur Mer, France
Project name	GravitHy
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	2308
Partners	EIT InnoEnergy, Engie New Ventures, Forvia, Groupe IDEC, Plug and Primetals Technologies.
Date of announcement	2022-06-30

Plant Details

Table 2: General Plant Details

Plant status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Workforce size
Announced	2022-06-30	2024	2027	3000

Table 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
EIT InnoEnergy SE; Engie New Ventures SA; Forvia SE; Groupe IDEC SAS; Plug Power Inc; Primetals Technologies Ltd	E100001012049; E100001012050; E100001012051; E100001012052; E100000137052; E100001012053	GravitHy	5083361782	E100001012048

Table 4: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
crude	HBI	DRI	1 DRI

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status*	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced	2000 TTPA	2000 TTPA

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Additional data

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Resources

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