A flurry of announcements over the past few weeks has seen a new surge towards the production of ‘green steel’ using green hydrogen. While successes continue to be reported from the pilot project side, a string of new projects and corporate pledges are falling in line with the aggressive growth Rethink Energy predicted a year ago. On Monday, Thyssenkrupp Steel signed an MoU with BP focused on the long-term supply of hydrogen for the production of steel. Germany’s largest steelmaker will now seek both blue and green hydrogen, as well as power from wind and solar generation through the use of power purchase agreements with BP. Today, Thyssenkrupp accounts for 2.5% of Germany’s total carbon emissions, with most of this…