WASHINGTON – A Hoosier company will get more than $31 million in stimulus money for an energy-efficiency project the government said will combine heat and power systems for industrial uses.
ArcelorMittal USA of East Chicago will receive up to $31.6 million to install an efficient recovery boiler. The boiler will use gas waste generated by a blast furnace during iron-making operations to produce electricity and steam on site at its steel mill. The plant wastes 46 billion cubic feet annually of gas that must be burned off. The project will save an estimated 3.66 trillion Btu annually from the waste gas, the government said.
The Department of Energy said the industrial sector uses more than 30 percent of U.S. energy and is responsible for nearly 30 percent of U.S. carbon emissions.
