LowCarbonFuture – Exploitation of Projects for Low-Carbon Future Steel Industry

Initial situation

• The iron and steel industry is one of the most energy intensive sectors
• EU Commissions Low Carbon Roadmap and the world climate contract suggest a reduction of CO₂ emissions by at least 80% until 2050 compared to the level in 1990
• Requirement of an Accompanying Measure activity to guide the EU steel industry towards the world’s climate contract and the EU climate goals

Working topics

• Collection of knowledge dealing with CO₂-mitigation within the steel industry
• Dissemination of the gained knowledge from current research activities (workshops, seminars, webinars, participation in conferences, scientific journal articles)
• Definition of building blocks for a successful technology implementation
• Strategies for technology transfer between the steel companies and stakeholders from other industrial sectors

Expected results

• Generation of a roadmap stating research needs, requirements and boundary conditions for breakthrough technologies and a new CO₂lean steel production e.g. by implementing the key findings in the strategic research agenda of the European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP)
• Contribution to an update of the steel roadmap for a low carbon Europe 2050 and the current BIG-Scale initiative of EUROFER

Official LowCarbonFuture project website: www.lowcarbonfuture.eu/

• Low-Carbon Steel Industry CO2-emissions CO2-Mitigation Climate protection Iron- and Steel industry Breakthrough technologies Research Roadmap