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!
Research links
Science Direct Research Papers
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/…
EN:FORMER Article on hydrogen HDRI
https://www.en-former.com/en/hydrogen…
SSAB
https://www.ssab.com/company/sustaina…
https://www.ssab.com/News/2016/04/Car…
https://www.ssab.com/news/2020/10/ssa…
LKAB
Vattenfall
COP 26 Site
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