Tata Steel Europe & Partners will reduce CO2 emissions from steel production

Tata Steel has teamed up with Dutch companies Gasunie, EBN and Port of Amsterdam to prepare a feasibility study for an innovative project that could reduce CO2 emissions for steel companies.

Last year, Tata Steel announced its intention to become a carbon-neutral steel producer in Europe by 2050. Capturing CO2 from the company's steel industry and reusing it or storing it in empty gas fields in the North Sea could play an important role in achieving this goal. ambition.

A new report has confirmed that there is sufficient capacity for CO2 capture, storage and reuse (CCUS - Carbon Utilization and Storage) in the North Sea Canal area, where the Tata Steel integrated steel mill in Ijmeiden, Netherlands is located. This showed that the CCUS network is technically feasible and can reduce CO2 emissions by 7.

Known as Project Athos, this is just one of the ways Tata Steel is striving to achieve its decarburization ambitions. There are more than enough empty gas fields under the North Sea to store captured CO2. The study showed that there are no technical barriers to the project and that there is no need to develop new technologies. CCUS technology is already in use all over the world. There are various initiatives and plans to recycle CO2 in the North Sea Canal area, including reusing CO2 in greenhouse horticulture or converting it to reuse in the form of synthetic fuels.