Title:Sweden starts construction on fossil fuel-free steel plant

BERLIN (AP) — Sweden has started construction on a factory that will test whether it's feasible to make steel without burning fossil fuels.

瑞典已经在一家工厂开始建设，该工厂将测试在不燃烧化石燃料的情况下生产钢是否可行。

Utility firm Vattenfall said Tuesday it has teamed up with steel company SSAB and mining firm LKAB to build the 1.4-billion Swedish krona ($158 million) pilot plant.

公用事业公司Vattenfall周二表示，它已与钢铁公司SSAB和矿业公司LKAB合作，建造14亿瑞典克朗（1.58亿美元）的试验厂。

Existing plants produce large amounts of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, when coal is used to turn iron into hardened steel.

当煤被用来把铁变成硬化钢时，现存的工厂会产生大量的二氧化碳，这是一种温室气体。

The new factory being built in the northeastern town of Lulea by 2020 will use hydrogen instead of coal and coke. The companies' joint venture, called HYBRIT, aims to have an industrial process in place by 2035.

到2020年，在卢利埃东北镇新建的工厂将使用氢而非煤和焦炭，这些公司的合资企业名为HYBRIT，旨在到2035年建立工业流程。

Vattenfall said the technology could potentially cut Sweden's total carbon dioxide emissions by ten percent, helping meet the country's goals under the Paris climate accord.

瓦特万斯表示，这项技术可能会将瑞典的二氧化碳排放总量减少10%，从而帮助实现巴黎气候协议下的国家目标。