Following on from COP26, NISCO Centre of the University of Leicester will host a series of webinar on "Decarbonisation and Net-Zero Target 2050 for manufacturing industry". Our first seminar is on Decarbonisation and Net-Zero Target 2050 for Steel Industry which will be held online via "Zoom" on 9 February 2022 at 10:30am -12:30pm GMT.
Background & Aim
The decarbonisation of the steel industry has been driven in recent years by climate change targets and legislation on carbon (C) tax such as the C trading credits scheme in the European Union (EU) and other continents. The global steel industry accounts for more than 10% of CO2 emissions and is key in the climate change targets of net zero by 2050, and recently announced ambitious reduction targets by 2030 in the UK, providing increased focus on implementation of digital technologies, in the next decade.
Since 2004, Europe has been the global leader on CO2 reduction in the steel industry, with the launch of ULCOS (ultra-low CO2 steelmaking) programme with a collaboration between over 40 different partners across Europe, resulting in 2 main project outcomes of HIsarna and blast furnace (BF) Top Gas recycling. Likewise, other countries in Asia also lunch net-zero carbon initiative (Nippon Steel in Japan or PISCO in South Korean). Hydrogen technology and digital-enabled decarbonisation will revolutionise steel industry to be environmentally friendly with reduction in carbon emission to meet the net-zero target in 2050 in the UK and 2060 in China.
The seminar aims to provide a channel to discuss the recent developments of net-zero carbon steel and hydrogen technology for green steel industry.
First seminar programme
Three keynote presenters from industry and universities will talk across a broad spectrum of decarbonisation topics as listed below:
Date: 9th February 2022
10:30 – 11:00 (UK time) Mark Allen
Industrial Decarbonisation Group at Materials Processing Institute
Title: Decarbonisation for Steel Industry
11:00 – 11:30 (UK time) Professor Vasant Kumar
University of Cambridge
Title: Net Zero Steel: The Path Ahead
11:30 – 12:00 (UK time) Dr Zushu Li
Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of Warwick
Title: Fundamental Research Towards Decarbonisation of the Steel Industry
12:00 – 12:30 (UK time) Questions & Answers / Panel discussion
How to join:
Click here to join this webinar on Wednesday 9th February 2022 at 10:30am (GMT). We will open the link at 10:15am.
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Don't miss out on this great opportunity to learn more from researchers, academics and industrial representatives.