Today’s engineering students play a vital role in the transition towards climate neutrality. They will be responsible for turning many of the concepts currently being developed through research into industrial reality, serving as the bridge between theoretical decarbonisation and its effective implementation in production plants.

Recognising this responsibility, as well as the strategic importance of introducing innovative solutions to the next generation of engineers, the Twinghy project actively participates in university forums. Such initiatives raise the project’s profile, share real-world experiences of industrial application, and inspire careers centred on the key technologies needed to decarbonise the steel sector.

The collaboration with  Room4Steel, a business incubator dedicated to the steel industry and based at the Bilbao School of Engineering of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), is set in this context. Room4Steel is organised in partnership with the School of Engineering and the Basque steel cluster, Siderex. It offers a training programme designed to familiarise students with the main technological challenges facing the steel industry.

During the 2025/26 academic year, one of the Room4Steel programme’s thematic modules focuses on the role of hydrogen as an energy carrier in achieving climate neutrality in the steel industry — an area that is fully aligned with Twinghy’s objectives.

On 25 February, the module’s session featured the Twinghy project, represented by Koldobika Tafalla (Services & Technical Expertise Director at Fives Steel Spain), who presented the project to the students and introduced them to the practical approach of combining hydrogen and oxygen for use in reheating furnaces. This demonstrated how these technologies can be integrated into real industrial facilities.

These kinds of sessions give students first-hand insight into how innovative solutions are being developed and tested to reduce CO₂ emissions in energy-intensive industrial processes. These events strengthen the link between academia and industry, helping to train the professionals who will lead the steel sector’s transformation in the coming years.

At Twinghy, we are committed to scientific outreach, training, and dialogue with the university community as vital components of accelerating an effective and realistic energy transition based on industrial solutions.