Environment and Energy

USS, NETL to Test Carbon Capture Technology at Edgar Thomson Plant

Written by Ethan Bernard

September 20, 2023

U.S. Steel and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) plan to test carbon-capture technology at the company’s Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa.

The project is part of the US Department of Energy (DOE)/NETL Point Source Carbon Capture Program, the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker said. It will use an “advanced membrane technology” to capture CO2 at the plant.

“The testing of this promising NETL-developed membrane at the Edgar Thomson Plant is an important step to move this groundbreaking technology closer to commercial deployment,” NETL’s David Hopkinson, technical portfolio lead for Point Source Carbon Capture, said in a statement from U.S. Steel on Wednesday.

U.S. Steel said the unit is scheduled to be installed at the Edgar Thomson Plant, part of its Mon Valley Works, in early 2025. The field test is set to run for approximately six months.

Ethan Bernard

Ethan Bernard is managing editor for Steel Market Update. He previously worked for American Metal Market as a copy editor in the New York office for two years, starting in 2008. Later, he copy edited AMM’s monthly magazine on a freelance basis from 2015 until 2017. With experience in financial copywriting and textbook publishing, he holds a BA in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley, and an MFA. in Creative Writing from New York University. He can be reached at ethan@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7871.

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