In considering biomass as DRI fuel, H. Han et al. Steel is vital to modern economies and so over the coming decades global demand for steel is expected to grow to meet rising social and economic welfare needs. https://www.iea.org/commentaries/the-clean-hydrogen-future-has-already-begun, Hydrogen Europe. Considering the limits of biomass supply, CCS storage availability, LCA and LUC effect, the practical situation of BF-BOF pathway decarbonization limits require urgent policy attention. display: inline-block; Mandova, H., Gale, W. F., Williams, A., Heyes, A. L., Hodgson, P., & Miah, K. H. (2018). Influence of direct reduced iron on the energy balance of the electric arc furnace in steel industry. MOE steelmaking is a continuous hot-operation process and requires constant power supply, ideally at low cost and high reliability. Gernaat et al. Mitsubishi Heavy to build biggest zero-carbon steel plant. Table 14. float: none; Solid biomass substitution is discussed in the following section. margin-top: 15px; Direct Reduction: Transition from Natural Gas to Hydrogen? margin-bottom: 3em; These 3 hypothetical models weighted average match the global carbon emission from iron & steel industry. Over the past 20 years the world has produced approximately 670 million metric tons of stainless steel. [CDATA[// >