electric arc furnace

“Electric arc furnaces can use intermittent power, so they're great if you just plug them into wind and solar, because you're making the steel in batches.”

“So the United, in the United States, about 70% of steel produced every year comes from using scrap in these electric arc furnaces, and 30% comes from these coal-using blast furnace basic oxygen furnaces. Globally, it's the reverse. So 70% is coming from this c…”