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H2Glass Partner Steklarna Hrastnik achieves breakthrough with hydrogen use in glass production

In a recent two-week trial conducted by our partner Steklarna Hrastnik d.o.o. in Slovenia, H2GLASS achieved a major milestone by successfully producing the first industrial batch of glass bottles using hydrogen as a primary energy source, the  H2GLASS , EU-funded Horizon Europe project advancing hydrogen solutions for glass and aluminium industries, announced.

With an impressive 60% hydrogen fuel content employed for glass melting, Steklarna Hrastnik, one of H2GLASS project’s industrial demonstrators, has effectively reduced the direct carbon footprint of the melting process by over 30% compared to standard procedures.

Despite hydrogen behaving differently and burning at a different temperature than natural gas, no significant impact on the refinement and discoloration of the glass has been found, enabling us to maintain the product’s quality within established technological limits.

This test demonstrates that hydrogen can be used in glass production and propels us closer to our goal of achieving zero-carbon glass production, a step towards a net-zero world.

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Press release https://is.gd/iavzQV

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