Marcegaglia Carbon Capture Utilization
and Storage Project - AdriatiCO2

Marcegaglia Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Project - AdriatiCO2

The project, led by Marcegaglia Ravenna S.p.A. and selected to receive funding under the EU Innovation Fund’s fourth call for mid-scale projects, aims to reduce CO2 emissions in the Ravenna industrial district through Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) technologies. It features a high degree of innovation, being the first project in Italy and Southern Europe to deploy Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), thus resulting in more than 100% reduction of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere compared to the reference scenario.

AdriatiCO2 allows the integration of CCUS technology in a cogeneration plant with a green Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) production, using also biochar and biomethane as sources.
The project will enable the annual capture of up to 112 000 tons of CO2 from the plant’s flue gases.

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Marcegaglia AdriatiCO2 Project

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The project will capture CO2 from two emission points within Marcegaglia Ravenna’s facilities, cogeneration plant end Green DRI production plant:

– in the cogenerator, biomethane will partly substitute natural gas as input to supply the company with electrical and thermal energy.
– the green DRI facility will also use biochar, instead of coal of fossil origin, as a chemical agent to produce DRI for the first time in a commercial plant.

These two applications significantly amplify the CCUS plant’s impact, pushing it beyond carbon neutrality and towards a net carbon-negative footprint. AdriatiCO2 thus effectively contributes to Europe’s 2050 net-zero targets while aspiring to set up a new benchmark for decarbonisation in Italy’s industrial steel sector. Because it considers the area’s emerging transport and storage infrastructure, the project also offers an integrated logistics solution, contributing to Italy’s first geological CO2 storage infrastructure by relying on the Ravenna CCUS project, which is expected to serve as a critical CO2 sink for Southern Europe and the Mediterranean.

AdriatiCO2 at Made in Steel

Milan, May 8, 2025

Marcegaglia is at the forefront of the fight against climate change with AdriatiCO2, the innovative project selected by the EU Environment and Climate program to drastically reduce CO2 emissions at the Ravenna plant, the Group’s most important facility.

Goal: to capture and store 95% of the emissions generated by the Ravenna cogeneration plant, thanks to cutting-edge technologies and a strategic collaboration with Eni and Snam.

“A concrete infrastructure to reduce the environmental impact of the steel industry, create new opportunities for the local area, and contribute to a greener Europe. A bold project that combines technology and vision,” commented Aldo Fiorini (Member of the Board of Directors, Ravenna plant manager, and Chief Operations Officer of Marcegaglia’s carbon steel flat products division), who spoke at the siderweb Arena talk together with Mario Petrosino (Chief Operations Officer, Ravenna Port Authority), Luca Rossi (Head of CSE U.S. Opportunities Identification, Eni), and Alessio Gambato (Business Development Manager, Decarbonization Unit, Snam).

ESTAD 2025

Ravenna, October 9, 2025

Steel and the future of the industry took center stage in Verona during the seventh edition of ESTAD 2025 – European Steel Technology and Application Days, the leading European event on steel innovation, organized by the Italian Metallurgical Association in collaboration with siderweb.

During the four-day event, participants also visited our Ravenna plant, where experts and professionals explored our production lines, automated warehouses and integrated port area.

Discussions focused on key topics shaping the future of European steelmaking:

    • Decarbonization, featuring the AdriatiCO₂ project supported by the EU Environment and Climate program, a pioneering initiative launched in Ravenna for the capture and reuse of CO₂.
    • Industrial transition, highlighting projects on process electrification, advanced automation and the development of new high-performance materials.
    • Research and development, showcasing the Master Model, AI-based process control systems, intelligent pickling and new technologies for electrical steels.

The event offered a valuable opportunity to highlight Marcegaglia’s contribution to the transformation of European steelmaking toward a circular economy and innovative processes that optimize production, reduce waste and enhance quality.