2024 - Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2024 Volume 5. Leite Intl. Symp / Iron and Steel
| Editors: | F. Kongoli, P. Assis, R. Alvarenga Vilela, J.A. de Castro, B. Deo, W. Ferreira Santos Jr., GS. Mahobia, T. Usui |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Pages: | 328 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-998384-12-9 (CD) |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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HOW BRAZIL IS DEVELOPING ITS STEELMAKING SECTOR TO BECOME A MAJOR PLAYER IN GREEN STEEL PRODUCTION
Luiz Leite1; Paulo Assis1; Danton Heleno Gameiro1;1FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO, Ouro Preto, Brazil;
Type of Paper: Regular
Id Paper: 268
Topic: 2
Abstract:
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) [1], the steel sector, among heavy industries, ranks first in CO2 emissions and second in energy consumption. Iron and steel are directly responsible for 2.6 gigatons of carbon dioxide (GT CO2) emissions annually, accounting for 7% of the total global energy system. The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the IPCC (United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) of 2023 [2], containing a comprehensive study on the climate situation of the planet, has shown in a worrying way that the goals established on December 12, 2015, in the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit global warming to less than 2, preferably 1.5 degrees Celsius, are increasingly out of reach. Brazil is the largest steel producer in Latin America and the ninth largest in the world, according to the Instituto Aço Brasil [3]. Brazil's energy park has large renewable energy sources (hydroelectric, wind, solar and biomass plants), reaching 93.1% of electricity generation in 2023, E3G [4].In this way, with the decarbonization process of steel production, combined with the use of Biochar, green hydrogen, will make Brazil a major player in the production of green steel.This study aims to evaluate the ways and processes in which Brazil has been planning its decarbonization, thus contributing to achieving the goals of the Paris agreement.