Hydrogen challenge
The global demand for energy is constantly increasing, but cannot be met by direct renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power alone. The use of fossil fuels to generate energy has a significant impact on the global climate. Swiss Steel Group is actively committed to climate protection. In addition to the planned use of hydrogen as a process gas, Swiss Steel Group's steels will support this challenging transition process.
The production, processing, storage and use of hydrogen places great demands on the materials. These must be extremely resistant in order to withstand high pressures as well as extremely low and high temperatures. Stainless steels, especially austenitic grades, are ideally suited to these challenges.
Our research center in Ugine (France) is distinguished by its expertise in the development and characterization of stainless steels. The focus here is on investigating the hydrogen embrittlement of stainless steels. The H2S laboratory at the research center has also gained experience with hydrogen sulphide embrittlement phenomena, particularly in the oil and gas industry.
