Advances In Decarbonizing Steel & Cement Manufacturing
Steel and cement both produce large amounts of carbon dioxide, but two new startups say they have a way to avoid most of it.
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Buy Clean Takes Center Stage at U.S. DOT & Other Agencies
Both the Biden administration and Congress recognize the importance of investing big in a clean and globally competitive industrial manufacturing base. A cornerstone of that effort is leveraging the federal government’s purchasing power to buy cleaner concrete, steel, and other industrial materials to catalyze market transformation. The Biden administration has … [continued]
How to Cut Steel Industry’s CO2 Emissions & Climate Threat
RMI reveals product-level carbon accounting guidance, giving corporations and steel companies the power to accelerate decarbonization of a sector contributing ~7 percent of global greenhouse gases. RMI’s Climate Intelligence has released guidance for steel companies to report and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions impact of their products, giving them a competitive advantage as the … [continued]
Independent Study Validates that Steelmaking by Electric Arc Furnace Manufacturers in U.S. Produces 75% Lower…
Courtesy of the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) Washington, D.C. — Steel produced by electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers in the U.S. has a carbon intensity that is approximately 75% lower than traditional blast furnace steelmakers. This is the finding of an independent study of steelmakers worldwide conducted by CRU Group, a global … [continued]
Nextracker & BCI Steel Renovate Abandoned Pittsburgh Steel Factory to Serve Growing U.S. Utility-Scale Solar…
This is Nextracker’s third new factory, adding to the company’s new Texas and Arizona factories announced in April and May, towards building 10 GW of annual domestic solar tracker capacity. Courtesy of Nextracker — by Pallavi Singla.
Steel, Steel, & More Steel: Big Plans For Floating Wind In Celtic Sea
Just look at the size of this thing! New “TetraSpar” offshore floating wind demonstration project is good news for global steel industry.
Boston Metal & ArcelorMittal Take Different Routes To Green Steel
Green steel is on everyone’s lips these days as companies scramble to find new ways to make it with less carbon emissions.
H2 Green Steel Books 1.5 Million Tons Of Pre-Orders
Sweden is leading the way toward a low carbon economy and green steel is a big part of that initiative.
Greening Cement & Steel, the Building Blocks of Our Civilization
A recent report in Nature not only highlighted the need for greening the building blocks of our civilization, but also made some strong suggestions for how to do so. “Cement and steel are essential ingredients of buildings, cars, dams, bridges and skyscrapers. But these industries are among the dirtiest on … [continued]
US EIA Analysis Explores Energy Effects of Low-Carbon Steelmaking
The Early Adoption Case (EAC) of our newly released Issues in Focus: Energy Implications of Potential Iron and Steel-Sector Decarbonization Pathways explores the effects on energy demand of the steel industry becoming an early adopter of renewable hydrogen and increasing the share of steel produced using electric arc furnaces in China, OECD … [continued]
