SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are making a unique joint effort to change the Swedish iron and steel industry fundamentally. Under the name HYBRIT, we are working together to develop the first fossil-free steel.
The HYBRIT technology has the potential to reduce Sweden’s total carbon dioxide emissions by at least ten percent. This is equivalent to one third of the emissions from the industry and may, in the future, help to reduce emissions from iron and steel production globally.
HYBRIT’s mission
The technology to eliminate more than 10% of Sweden’s CO2 emissions is now available.
24 February 2026
HYBRIT has been granted an extension of its temporary building permit, allowing the operation of the pilot facility for fossil‑free hydrogen storage in Svartöberget in Luleå until 2031. The HYBRIT initiative was launched in 2016 by owners SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall with the aim of developing the world’s first fossil-free, ore-based iron- and steelmaking. As …
19 September 2025
Marie Anheden, Vattenfall, Project Manager for the Hydrogen Storage Project and Gunilla Hyllander, General Manager at Hybrit Development AB (Photographer: Markus Fischer, Vattenfall) Fossil-free hydrogen storage in lined rock caverns ready for industralization and now the hydrogen storage project has won the Grand Prize for Engineering 2025 in Sustainability, a prestigious award awarded by the …
27 February 2025
HYBRIT’s pilot project for hydrogen gas storage has now been completed and reported to the Swedish Energy Agency. The results show that it is technically possible to store fossil-free hydrogen gas for producing fossil-free iron and steel on an industrial scale. This can also reduce the variable operating costs of hydrogen production by up to …
24 January 2025
Fossil free iron- and steelmaking initiative HYBRIT received the World Economic Forum’s ‘Moving Force in Business’ Award in Davos. This GAEA award, one of five, recognizes sustainable business solutions that have the potential to transform whole sectors, industries or markets. HYBRIT was launched in 2016 by steel company SSAB, mining company LKAB and energy company …