Policy and pricing barriers to steel industry decarbonisation: A UK case study

Richardson-Barlow, Clare; Pimm, Andrew J.; Taylor, Peter; Gale, William F.

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113100

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“…Unlike other low-carbon or carbon-neutral steel production processes such as hydrogen-based steel making, which are not established on an industrial scale yet (e.g. International Energy Association, 2020; Fan and Friedmann, 2021), steel recycling relies on a well-established value chain, is a low-cost approach to decarbonizing steel production (Richardson-Barlow et al, 2022) and does not require the building of specialized infrastructure from scratch. Therefore, demand for steel scrap is likely to increase substantially with more ambitious climate policy coming into action.…”

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European post-consumer steel scrap in 2050: A review of estimates and modeling assumptions

Hundt,

Pothen

2024

SSRN Journal

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European post-consumer steel scrap in 2050: A review of estimates and modeling assumptions

Hundt,

Pothen

2024

SSRN Journal

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“…Developing industrial hydrogen technologies have a potential to curb the greenhouse emissions up to 2030. Industry has ramped up the effort in decarbonisation of their manufacturing processes [3][4][5]. Deep transformations of energy systems are also influenced by geopolitical forces leading to the choice of alternative technological trajectories [6].…”

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An Overview of Hydrogen’s Application for Energy Purposes in Lithuania

Pranckevičius,

Marčiukaitis,

Perednis

et al. 2023

Applied Sciences

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Hydrogen has emerged as a promising climate-neutral energy carrier able to facilitate the processes of the European Union (EU) energy transition. Green hydrogen production through the electrolysis process has gained increasing interest recently for application in various sectors of the economy. As a result of the increasing renewable energy developments in the EU, hydrogen is seen as one of the most promising solutions for energy storage challenges; therefore, the leading countries in the energy sector are heavily investing in research of the technical obstacles for hydrogen applications and assessment of the current hydrogen market, which in turn leads to the acceleration of the upscaling of hydrogen production. The main objective of this article was to provide a comprehensive overview of various green hydrogen production, transportation and industrial application technologies and challenges in Europe, with a separate analysis of the situation in Lithuania. Various water electrolysis technologies and their production costs are investigated, along with recent developments in storage and transportation solutions. In addition, the performances and limitations of electrochemical processes are presented and analysed, research trends in the field are discussed and possible solutions for performance and cost improvements are overviewed. This paper proposes a discussion of perspectives in terms of future applications and research directions.

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“…They developed policy guidance exploring the deep decarbonisation pathways. Richardson-Barlow et al (2022) [33] identified policy and pricing barriers to steel industry decarbonisation during their case study of the UK iron and steel industry. They issued a guidance paper, exploring the decarbonisation pathways.…”

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The Bio Steel Cycle: 7 Steps to Net-Zero CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions Steel Production

Kiessling¹,

Darabkhani²,

Soliman³

2022

Preprint

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CO2 emissions have been identified as the main driver for climate change, with devastating consequences for the global natural environment. The steel industry is responsible for ca. 8%-11% of global CO2 emissions, due to high fossil-fuel and energy consumption. The onus is therefore on industry to remedy the environmental damage caused and to decarbonise production. This desk research report follows a two-tiered route: 1) exploring the Bio Steel Cycle; 2) proposing a seven-step strategy to overcome the challenges within the iron and steel industry. The true levels of CO2 emissions in the steelmaking process, during the blast-furnace/basic-oxygen-furnace operation, will be detailed first, at 4.61t of CO2 emissions/t of steel produced. The manuscript proposes a solution for reduced carbon emissions steelmaking with the Bio Steel Cycle components and detail on how to reach net-zero carbon emissions steel production. The 7-step-implementation-strategy as a potential solution to achieve net and true zero carbon emissions steel production in the short to medium-term. The findings of this are pointing towards the conclusion that CO2 emissions seem to have been under-reported and under-estimated in the past, but the emission can be addressed if the correct scenarios for net-zero steel manufacturing are implemented by 2050.

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Policy and pricing barriers to steel industry decarbonisation: A UK case study

Cited by 22 publications

References 27 publications

European post-consumer steel scrap in 2050: A review of estimates and modeling assumptions

European post-consumer steel scrap in 2050: A review of estimates and modeling assumptions

An Overview of Hydrogen’s Application for Energy Purposes in Lithuania

The Bio Steel Cycle: 7 Steps to Net-Zero CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions Steel Production

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