India can cut steel emissions before new coal plants lock them in
India is aiming to decarbonize its steel industry, which currently accounts for 12% of the country's greenhouse gas emissions. The government has introduced a ₹5,000-crore scheme to promote green steel production as the nation plans to significantly increase its crude steel capacity by 2035.
Why it matters
Decarbonizing the steel sector is critical for India to meet its net-zero climate goals while maintaining industrial growth.
India can cut steel emissions before new coal plants lock them in left The traditional way to make steel involves burning coal to provide intense heat in a blast furnace, where iron ore is smelted into liquid form using coking coal to strip oxygen. Representative image. Yasin Hemmati/Unsplash Yasin Hemmati/Unsplash https://th-i.thgim.com/public/sci-tech/science/4tr4fa/article71437967.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/yasin-hemmati-zHK__gTTTds-unsplash.jpg India’s green steel journey is still nascent but recent developments and policies have indicated that this hard-to-abate sunrise industry is rising up to the net-zero challenge.
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