Director Li Bing of the Low Carbon Development Research Center at the Institute of Metallurgical Industry Planning believes that the steel industry plays a crucial role in the process of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, with significant influence and responsibility. As a major source of carbon emissions, the steel industry not only has significant carbon emissions and energy consumption but also involves a large amount of pollutant emissions. Therefore, the steel industry must take a leading role in energy conservation, carbon reduction, environmental protection, and pollution reduction. Over the past few years, many steel companies have started implementing energy-saving measures and actively formulated and implemented low-carbon plans. Particularly, in terms of renewable energy utilization, more and more steel companies are adopting clean energy sources such as solar power to reduce dependence on traditional energy sources. These efforts have made significant contributions to achieving carbon reduction goals in the steel industry.

 

Furthermore, the application of hydrogen energy in the steel industry has shown a noticeable growth trend. Hydrogen metallurgy and hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks have become important application scenarios in the steel industry. Through the adoption of hydrogen metallurgy technology, steel enterprises can significantly reduce carbon emissions and achieve more environmentally friendly production processes. At the same time, the use of hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks can reduce tailpipe emissions during transportation, further reducing environmental impacts. Many steel companies have begun to innovate in the field of hydrogen energy and have achieved significant results.

 

The steel industry has undertaken a series of reforms and innovations throughout the production chain, establishing a comprehensive green manufacturing design system that covers the entire life cycle. The aim is to achieve carbon reduction and environmental protection through optimized production processes and resource utilization. In addition, some enterprises have explored new pollution reduction and carbon reduction models, such as steel-joint hydrogen. These models have proven to be effective in practice and provide examples and references for other industries. Steel companies actively respond to the national and local governments' policies on pollution reduction and carbon reduction, increasing investment in super-emission reduction upgrades. However, the process of super-emission reduction upgrades inevitably increases energy consumption. Therefore, in the process of super-emission reduction upgrades, enterprises need to consider not only compliance requirements but also focus on achieving the lowest energy consumption and costs.