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Stegra (formerly H2GS AB)

Stegra

Stegra produces green steel using hydrogen from renewable electricity, cutting CO2 emissions by up to 95% compared to blast furnace steelmaking.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Karin Karlsbro (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and SSAB AB and Outokumpu Oyj

1 Dec 2025 · Stålmarknaden

Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and GravitHy and Hydnum Steel, S.L.

21 Nov 2025 · Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA)– Low carbon steel label – Financial support

Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and Fortum Oyj and

4 Nov 2025 · The meeting covered three key topics: an exchange of views on driving competitive transformation and addressing investment barriers, a discussion on the Industrial Accelerator Act, including the low carbon Steel Label.

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament) and SSAB AB and

4 Nov 2025 · Steel industry

Meeting with Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez), Julia Lemke (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez), Terhi Lehtonen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez)

3 Nov 2025 · Decarbonization project; European Commission (EC) policies.

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action) and Hy24

15 Oct 2025 · Innovation Fund project implementation update

Meeting with Isabella Lövin (Member of the European Parliament) and Fortum Oyj and

1 Oct 2025 · CBAM, competitiveness, net-zero products etc

Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

29 Sept 2025 · Industrial Accelerator Act, CBAM, ETS revision, 2040 climate target

Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

29 Sept 2025 · to follow

Meeting with Johannes Ten Broeke (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

25 Sept 2025 · Discussion on the decarbonisation challenges that the steel sector faces.

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Sept 2025 · Politique énergétique européenne

Stegra calls for fundamental reform of EU energy subsidies

5 Sept 2025
Topic — This consultation addresses updates to state aid guidelines for industrial electricity costs.
Message — Stegra proposes a fundamental revision to link compensation strictly to fossil-free electricity use. They recommend establishing a joint EU fund to ensure harmonized support across all member states. Finally, they urge the inclusion of indirect emissions in the carbon border tax.123
Why — A harmonized fund would ensure Stegra receives subsidies despite operating in decarbonized regions.4
Impact — Fossil-fuel power generators would lose access to indirect cost compensation subsidies.56
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Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament) and MedTech Europe and Impossible Foods

28 Aug 2025 · Austausch

Stegra backs CBAM expansion focused on simple steel products

26 Aug 2025
Topic — This initiative explores extending the carbon border adjustment mechanism to downstream products.
Message — Stegra requests expanding the carbon border tax to downstream products while maintaining the existing timeline. They advise including only goods primarily made of iron or steel to manage administrative burdens.12
Why — Maintaining the current schedule ensures regulatory certainty for the company's low-carbon industrial investments.3
Impact — Foreign manufacturers of simple steel items will face increased costs when exporting to Europe.4
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Meeting with Adam Romanowski (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

1 Jul 2025 · Transatlantic trade relations

Meeting with Jozef Síkela (Commissioner) and

18 Jun 2025 · Roundtable with key Global Gateway stakeholders on the next steps for business engagement

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and

28 Apr 2025 · STEGRA business model and latest developments

Meeting with Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Mar 2025 · Green steel

Meeting with Gabriela Tschirkova (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis), Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

26 Mar 2025 · EU Competitiveness, Simplification

Meeting with Kamil Talbi (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

26 Mar 2025 · Steel

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and ENGIE and Carl Zeiss AG

19 Mar 2025 · EU Energy and industry policy

Meeting with Arba Kokalari (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Feb 2025 · Sustainability

Meeting with Koen Doens (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and

6 Feb 2025 · Global Gateway investments

Meeting with Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez), Alina Nedea (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez)

5 Feb 2025 · To hear interest representatives’ view on green policy objectives, in particular in relation to hydrogen.

Meeting with Mohammed Chahim (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Feb 2025 · implementation and future of CBAM

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

5 Feb 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Sofie Eriksson (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Feb 2025 · Samtal om utmaningar och förutsättningar för grönt stål

Meeting with Antti Karhunen (Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and

31 Jan 2025 · Exchange on views on Stegra’s activities in the green steel sector

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

29 Jan 2025 · Meeting with Representatives of Stegra (formerly H2 Green Steel) on Challenges of a new green iron, green hydrogen, and green steel production facility in northern Sweden.

Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and

29 Jan 2025 · Circular Economy

Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

17 Dec 2024 · low-carbon technologies

Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)

17 Dec 2024 · Physical meeting - Discussion on CBAM

Meeting with Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

17 Dec 2024 · Exchange of views on the challenges of green steel production in Europe

Meeting with Isabella Lövin (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · Priorities during the upcoming mandate

Meeting with Emma Wiesner (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · Prioriteringar inför nya mandatperioden, kommissionärsutfrågningar, Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Karin Karlsbro (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · Aktuella ärenden inom utskotten för miljö och internationell handel

Meeting with Héloïse Auplat (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

22 Apr 2024 · H2 Green Steel’s greenfield investment in Sweden

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President) and

22 Mar 2024 · Discussion of current challenges facing the European Steel sector attended by private industry as well as Ministers and official representatives of Italy, Romania, Poland, Czechia, Belgium, Hungary and Luxembourg

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

22 Mar 2024 · Clean Transition Dialogue with the Steel Sector

Meeting with Tomas Tobé (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Feb 2024 · Energy Policy

Stegra backs faster adoption of revised EU free carbon rules

2 Jan 2024
Topic — This consultation concerns updating the rules for free emission allowance allocations under the ETS.
Message — Stegra recommends the Commission urgently adopt the revised act. They support removing the exchangeability factor to stop disincentivizing electrification. They also support including electrolysis-based hydrogen in the Hydrogen Benchmark.123
Why — This revision provides a level playing field so green projects receive free carbon allowances.45
Impact — Polluting sinter plants will lose their market distortions and unjustified windfall profits.67
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Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

8 Dec 2023 · Discussion on Fitfor55 / ETS Free Allocation Regulation (FAR)

Stegra proposes near-zero steel for EU vehicle recycling targets

4 Dec 2023
Topic — Revision of EU rules to improve car recycling and circularity in vehicle production.
Message — Stegra proposes allowing near-zero steel based on primary raw materials to meet mandatory content targets. They recommend the Commission adopt the IEA definition to avoid disrupting industry standards.123
Why — This allows their low-carbon primary steel to satisfy demand where recycled scrap supply is insufficient.45
Impact — Post-consumer scrap suppliers face competition if primary steel substitutes for mandatory recycled content targets.6
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Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

30 Nov 2023 · Clean Transition Dialogue on Energy Intensive Industries

Response to Communication on maximising the potential of talent mobility as part of the European Year of Skills

12 Oct 2023

H2 Green Steels (H2GS) synpunkter på initiativen 1. Kommissionens meddelande om att utnyttja alla möjligheter i rörlighet för talanger som en del av Europaåret för kompetens 2. Kommissionens rekommendation om erkännande av tredjelandsmedborgares kvalifikationer Om H2GS H2 Green Steel lanserades 2021 med ambitionen att påskynda utfasningen av fossila bränslen i industrin. Stålindustrin är en av de branscher som släpper ut mest koldioxid och H2GS har därför valt att starta i norra Sverige med en storskalig fossilfri stålproduktion i Boden. Anläggningen planeras tas i drift under 2025. I produktionsprocessen vid den nya anläggningen ska vätgas ersätta kol i ståltillverkningen vilket ger en kraftig reduktion av koldioxidutsläppen. Den planerade verksamheten kommer bland annat att omfatta följande processer; elektrolys för framställning av vätgas, direktreduktion av järnmalm med vätgas, ljusbågsugn, gjutning, varm-, kall- och trimvalsning samt olika former av ytbehandling. Processerna i verksamheten kommer i huvudsak att vara eldrivna. H2GS ståndpunkt H2 Green Steel ställer sig mycket positiv till initiativet och dess åtgärder för att i) göra EU mer attraktivt för talanger från länder utanför Europa och minska arbetsgivarnas kostnader för att rekrytera migranter, ii) säkerställa att migranter på bästa sätt kan utnyttja sin kompetens och sina kvalifikationer, iii) fördjupa samarbetet med länder utanför EU kring lagliga migrationsvägar och iv) stödja rörligheten för studerande. H2GS Bodens etablering förväntas resultera i en befolkningsökning på 10 000 i regionen fram till 2030 varav direkta arbetstillfällen utgör ca 2000. Detta sker i norra Sverige, en region som samtidigt huserar flera parallella omställningsprojekt kopplat till grön omställning och sammantaget har ett behov av att attrahera över 100 000 nya invånare till 2035. H2GS nyetablering och deras processer skapar direkta behov av åtgärder för att komma till rätta med de stora kompetensbristerna som råder inom bygg-, energi- och transportsektorn. Kompetensförsörjningen som krävs för att ställa om en industri och etablera nya processer är en utmaning både i H2GS primära verksamhet och i vårt ekosystem av samarbetspartners. Det krävs olika specialistkompetenser i både bygg- respektive driftfasen där den europeiska tillgängliga kompetensen är inte tillräcklig vare sig utifrån specifik kompetens eller numerär. Rekrytering utanför Europa är en nödvändighet för att lyckas med etableringen. Utöver sektorerna bygg-, energi-, och transport som påverkas direkt av vår etablering och den gröna industrin önskar H2GS även betona vikten av att underlätta kompetensförsörjning till väsentliga samhällsbärande funktioner. I takt med att tusentals arbetstillfällen skapas inom industrin krävs stora arbetskraftstillskott inom exempelvis skola, omsorg, hälso- och sjukvård. Dessa utgör essentiella funktioner i ett hållbart samhällsbygge som i sin tur är en grundförutsättning för den gröna industrins utveckling.
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Meeting with Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Simon Genevaz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

14 Jun 2023 · Competition policy

Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

18 Apr 2023 · on green hydrogen

Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)

21 Mar 2023 · Physical meeting - Discussion on CBAM

Meeting with Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Simon Genevaz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

15 Feb 2023 · Single Market, Competition

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

11 Oct 2022 · How the EU can continue supporting the Green Deal and the climate transition in Europe despite the horrific invasion of Ukraine and its different effects on the European economy and European companies; Fitfor55; ETS, CBAM and RED

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

11 Oct 2022 · Overview of developments in the hydrogen sector

Meeting with Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Gints Freimanis (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

11 Oct 2022 · Fit for 55; CBAM

Meeting with Anne Funch Jensen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Stina Soewarta (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

11 Oct 2022 · State aid and greening of the steel sector.

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

6 Sept 2022 · Short introductory discussion to present their mission to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries using green hydrogen produced by renewable electricity

Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Sarah Nelen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

27 Apr 2022 · H2 Green Steel

Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft and

7 Apr 2022 · Meeting with CEO Alliance on Digitising Energy Action Plan

Meeting with Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner) and

27 Oct 2021 · Automobiles