{"id":40153,"date":"2026-01-27T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mip.no\/?p=40153"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:00:46","slug":"ferroglobe-mangan-norge-aims-to-cut-fossil-emissions-with-biogenic-carbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mip.no\/en\/ferroglobe-mangan-norge-aims-to-cut-fossil-emissions-with-biogenic-carbon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferroglobe Mangan Norge aims to cut fossil emissions with biogenic carbon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ferroglobe Mangan Norge has received NOK 67 million in funding from Enova to test biogenic carbon as a replacement for today\u2019s fossil coke. The project, Bioglobe, has the potential to significantly reduce emissions while strengthening the company\u2019s competitiveness in a global market with increasingly strict climate requirements.<\/p>\n

Bioglobe is being developed in close collaboration with SINTEF Helgeland. The goal is to replace up to half of the fossil carbon used in production within the next ten to fifteen years.<\/p>\n

\u201cProducing manganese requires carbon as a reducing agent in the final stage. We cannot eliminate carbon from the process, but we can influence where it comes from. With biogenic carbon, we get emissions that do not increase the amount of CO\u2082 in the atmosphere,\u201d says Managing Director Knut Gullesen.<\/p>\n

Today, the company uses metallurgical coke, which ensures high process stability but also causes significant CO\u2082 emissions. For every tonne of coke consumed, Ferroglobe must buy emission allowances corresponding to three tonnes of CO\u2082.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can replace part of the coke with biogenic carbon, meaning renewable carbon sources, the amount of CO\u2082 in the atmosphere does not increase,\u201d explains HSE Manager Geir Ove Storheil.<\/p>\n

Conventional charcoal is too reactive for Ferroglobe\u2019s furnaces. Therefore, new, more stable bio-based carbon sources must be developed and tested in both the sintering plant and the smelting process, two stages that behave differently and each require their own solutions.<\/p>\n

Enova: A demanding and important project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enova considers Bioglobe to be technically challenging but crucial for the green transition in the process industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cSwitching from fossil coal to biocarbon may seem simple from the outside, but it is a project with significant risk. The processes must be carried out differently, and there are many technical challenges. That is precisely why this project aligns so well with Enova\u2019s mandate,\u201d says Enova Senior Advisor St\u00e5le Kverner\u00f8d.<\/p>\n

Enova covers 45 percent of the costs. The remainder must be financed by Ferroglobe.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt says a lot about their willingness to invest and their belief in the benefits this can bring. From Enova\u2019s point of view, this is a perfect project: It reduces fossil emissions and helps develop the biocarbon value chain that Norway needs,\u201d Kverner\u00f8d says.<\/p>\n

SINTEF Helgeland is a key partner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gullesen highlights the collaboration with SINTEF Helgeland as essential to the project\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had excellent support from SINTEF Helgeland, both in development and methodology. They have crucial expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Managing Director of SINTEF Helgeland, Stein Espen B\u00f8e, emphasizes the importance of the knowledge now being built.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is research that not only benefits Ferroglobe but can reduce emissions across the process industry. We are pleased to contribute with the competence we have in processes, material understanding and scaling.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Benefits for the industrial park<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three-quarters of the CO-gas from Ferroglobe\u2019s furnaces is delivered to other companies in Mo Industripark, including 7-Steel and SMA. Lower emissions from Ferroglobe will therefore also reduce the carbon footprint of their customers\u2019 end products.<\/p>\n

The road ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n

The project will undergo extensive testing in both the sintering and smelting processes before full-scale implementation can be considered.<\/p>\n

Gullesen looks ahead with strong optimism.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we succeed, we achieve lower emissions, stronger competitiveness and a clear position in a rapidly evolving market. This is an initiative we are determined to succeed with.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ferroglobe Mangan Norge has received NOK 67 million in funding from Enova to test biogenic carbon as a replacement for today\u2019s fossil coke. The project, Bioglobe, has the potential to significantly reduce emissions while strengthening the company\u2019s competitiveness in a global market with increasingly strict climate requirements. Bioglobe is being developed in close collaboration with […]","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":40154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2445,2444],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frontpage_en","category-industriparknytt_en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mip.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mip.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mip.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mip.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mip.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mip.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40158,"href":"https:\/\/www.mip.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40153\/revisions\/40158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mip.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mip.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mip.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mip.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}