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Tata Steel commissions India's first plant for CO2 capture from blast furnace gas
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SME Times News Bureau | 14 Sep, 2021
Tata Steel on Tuesday commissioned a 5-tonne per day (TPD) carbon
capture plant at its Jamshedpur Works, making it the country's first
steel company to adopt such a carbon capture technology that extracts
CO2 directly from the blast furnace gas.
Tata Steel will reuse the captured CO2 on site to promote circular carbon economy.
This
carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) facility uses amine-based
technology and makes the captured carbon available for onsite reuse. The
depleted CO2 gas is sent back to the gas network with increased
calorific value. This project has been executed with technological
support from Carbon Clean, a global leader in low-cost CO2 capture
technology.
The CCU plant was inaugurated by T.V. Narendran, CEO
and MD, Tata Steel, in the presence of company officials and other
dignitaries.
"In alignment with the Tata group's pioneering
values, we have taken this strategic step in our journey towards
decarbonisation. We will continue our quest to remain an industry leader
in sustainability by setting new benchmarks for a better tomorrow,"
Narendran said.
"The operational experience gathered from this 5
TPD CO2 capture plant will give us the required data and confidence to
establish larger carbon capture plants in future. As a next step, we aim
to establish scaled up facilities of CO2 capture integrated with
utilisation avenues," he added.
Aniruddha Sharma, CEO, Carbon
Clean, said: "We are delighted to be working with Tata Steel on this
breakthrough project. We are currently capturing 5 tonnes of CO2 per
day, but following our successful demonstration, we plan to rapidly
accelerate the number of carbon capture projects. Capturing CO2 from
blast furnace gas will not only decarbonise the steel plants, but will
also open avenues for hydrogen economy."
Carbon capture and utilisation is a key lever in the fight against climate change and global warming.
In
September 2020, Tata Steel had joined hands with the Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to work in the field of carbon
capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), to build a strong ecosystem in
the country for meeting the decarbonisation commitments under the Paris
Agreement.
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