{"id":8192,"date":"2021-09-20T16:07:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T14:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebn.nl\/?p=8192"},"modified":"2025-11-13T13:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T12:31:19","slug":"athos-project-ends-after-tata-steel-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebn.nl\/en\/news\/athos-project-ends-after-tata-steel-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Athos-project ends after Tata Steel decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In recent years the Athos-Project worked in close cooperation with its founding partners EBN, Gasunie, Tata Steel and Port of Amsterdam on the development of a large scale CO<sub>2<\/sub> -transport, -utilisation and storage project in het North Sea Canal area. The expected Tata Steel CO<sub>2<\/sub>-volume available for the Athos-project was the basis for its conceptual, technical and economical considerations. The Tata Steel decision to switch to the DRI-technology means that the Athos-project cannot proceed in its current form.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Consequences choice for DRI-technology<\/h2>\n<p>On 15 September 2021 Tata Steel published its decision to use the DRI-technology (\u2018the hydrogen route\u2019) to accelerate the process of making its steel production more sustainable. This decision means that the expected CO<sub>2<\/sub>-volume for transport and offshore storage decreases significantly. The Tata Steel decision also directly affects the Athos-project, and the premises on which it is based. The Athos-partners have therefore jointly agreed to terminate the Athos project in its current form.<\/p>\n<h2>Way forward<\/h2>\n<p>In the months ahead, the Athos-partners will continue its engagement with Tata Steel to assess the possibilities for supporting Tata Steel and its new course, and therefore to contribute to the regional CO<sub>2<\/sub>-reduction targets in the North Sea Canal area and the execution of the Climate Agreement.<\/p>\n<p><img data-aspectratio=\"300\/53\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7545 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ebn.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CEF-logo-ENG-horizontal28022-300x53.png\" alt=\"Text: Co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union\" width=\"300\" height=\"53\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7545 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebn.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CEF-logo-ENG-horizontal28022-300x53.png\" alt=\"Text: Co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union\" width=\"300\" height=\"53\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years the Athos-Project worked in close cooperation with its founding partners EBN, Gasunie, Tata Steel and Port of Amsterdam on the development of a large scale CO2 -transport, -utilisation and storage project in het North Sea Canal area. The expected Tata Steel CO2-volume available for the Athos-project was the basis for its conceptual, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Athos-project ends after Tata Steel decision - EBN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In recent years the Athos-Project worked in close cooperation with its founding partners EBN, Gasunie, Tata Steel and Port of Amsterdam on the development of a large scale CO2 -transport, -utilisation and storage project in het North Sea Canal area. 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