10-Feb-2023: Green Steel to reduce carbon emissions

Ministry of Steel seeks to reduce carbon emissions in steel industry through promotion of Green Steel.

What is Green Steel?

• Manufacturing of steel without the use of fossil fuels.
• Uses low-carbon energy sources such as hydrogen, coal gasification, or electricity.
• Lowers greenhouse gas emissions, cuts cost, and improves steel quality.

Substituting the Primary Production Processes with Cleaner Alternatives:

• Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS).
• Replacing conventional sources of energy with low-carbon hydrogen.
• Direct electrification through electrolysis of iron ore.

Steel Industry in India:

• The steel industry is the largest industrial sector in terms of intensive energy and resource use.
• One of the biggest emitters of carbon dioxide (CO2).
• Indian steel industry needs to reduce emissions by 2030 and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070.
• Low-carbon hydrogen (blue hydrogen and green hydrogen) can help reduce the steel industry's carbon footprint.
  • Blue hydrogen - produced from fossil fuels with carbon capture technology.
  • Green hydrogen - produced from renewable sources such as wind or solar energy.