Hydrogen steelmaking has potential to cut CO2 emissions from primary steelmaking in India

By OEM Update Editorial August 20, 2021 6:11 pm IST

The paper suggests measures in using green hydrogen in steel manufacturing that could make India one of the first major economies to industrialise without the need to ‘carbonise’.

A new study by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) suggests measures to decouple the growth of the iron and steel sector from rising carbon emissions by making green hydrogen an important part of steel manufacturing.

In this backdrop, the study ‘Green Steel through Hydrogen Direct Reduction: A study on the role of hydrogen in the Indian Iron and Steel sector’ provides a techno-economic analysis of the Hydrogen Direct Reduction process, outlines the potential of green hydrogen technologies, and discusses the suitability of  this  technology in the Indian context. The study is a joint effort by TERI, Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH, Austria, and Siemens India

It recommends the potential next steps to advance this technology. Hydrogen steel-making has the potential to drastically reduce CO₂ emissions from primary steel-making in India, making it one of the first major economies to industrialise without the need to ‘carbonise’.