Fossil free steel. Another giant step towards net carbon zero?

Steel has become an essential material in our modern world. But the steel making industry is responsible for 7% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. That has to be reduced by at least 60% by 2050 if we are to meet our net carbon zero targets. A solution has been found though, and it replaces carbon with hydrogen. The question is, can it be scaled up quickly enough?

Errata : Apologies for the formula on screen at 6:50 - the letter z should of course have been a number 2 and the Fe203 and H2 numbers should be subscripts. Sadly my 52 year old eyes are getting worse every day, and I missed these errors!





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Research links


Science Direct Research Papers

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652618326301



https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/sponge-iron


EN:FORMER Article on hydrogen HDRI

https://www.en-former.com/en/hydrogen-revolution-steel-production/

SSAB
https://www.ssab.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-operations/hybrit

https://www.ssab.com/News/2016/04/Carbon-dioxide-free-steel-industry-initiative-was-launched-at-a-press-conference-on-April-4

https://www.ssab.com/news/2020/10/ssabs-climate-goals-are-approved-by-the-science-based-targets-initiative


LKAB

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Vattenfall

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COP 26 Site

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