{"id":29042,"date":"2023-01-20T10:50:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T10:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=29042"},"modified":"2023-01-20T10:50:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T10:50:21","slug":"can-green-steel-production-help-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/can-green-steel-production-help-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions\/29042\/","title":{"rendered":"Can green steel production help reduce greenhouse gas emissions?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Led by Dr Takuma Watari, a researcher at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan, who is currently working with the University of Cambridge, the research focused on the steel industry in Japan<\/a>, analysing the practicality of switching from traditional steel to near carbon-neutral steel and its impacts on the environment.<\/p>\n Steel is one of the most essential materials on Earth, critical for developing cars, buildings, and a range of technologies. However, steel is also responsible for 7% of greenhouse gas emissions<\/a> globally. To combat this, in 2021, 45 countries agreed to pursue near-zero emission steel in the coming decade, but how feasible is this goal?<\/p>\n Japan has set a target of a 46% reduction in emissions from steel by 2030, eventually aiming to achieve zero emissions by 2050. However, these ambitions are dependent on future innovations in carbon capture and storage<\/a> (CCS) and hydrogen-based technologies \u2013 which are not currently advanced enough.<\/p>\n Dr Watari explained: \u201cThese technologies still face serious technical, economic, and social challenges and have yet to be implemented at scale. And importantly, it is highly uncertain whether there will be sufficient non-emitting electricity to use these technologies. We need to confront the possibility that technological innovations might not be ready in time to allow us to maintain current levels of steel production whilst cutting emissions to zero.\u201d<\/p>\nSteel production is one of the primary drivers of emissions<\/h3>\n