The production of steel generates significant greenhouse gas emissions and is the largest single industrial global emitter after cement.   In our efforts to move to a net zero-carbon world, steel has historically been treated as “hard to abate” or part of the “last 20% of emissions.”  The objective of the Net-zero Steel Project is to counter this assumption and show instead that a decarbonization pathway for steel by 2050 is possible globally using technologies that are currently commercial, near-commercial and at the advanced pilot stage.  

Facility level pathways by country are laid out that not only consider processes within each production facility but also the potential for solar & excess hydropower electricity generation and the availability of CO₂ storage locations that can facilitate the transition to near zero carbon.  A downloadable one page summary, policy brief, technical report, and country data sorted by facility are available. Ultimately this project seeks to provide a starting point for stakeholders to work towards net-zero targets and develop strategies that can support this transition through coordinated global innovation and commercialization policies and nationally appropriate uptake policies.