Demands for Renewable Hydrogen and Electricity for Iron and Steel Transition

The report assesses the renewable energy requirements for decarbonizing the EU steel industry, which currently accounts for approximately 5% of the region's CO2 emissions. It evaluates two primary scenarios based on scrap usage (0% vs 50%) and two value chain routes (EU-based vs imported iron) to determine the necessary scale of renewable electricity and hydrogen production to meet a 55% carbon emission reduction target by 2030.

• The EU steel industry contributes approximately 5% of the region's CO2 emissions and must reduce these emissions by 55% by 2030 to meet climate targets.
• Decarbonizing the EU steel sector will require a substantial increase in renewable electricity demand, specifically to support the production of renewable hydrogen.
• The report's analysis utilizes data from LeadIT’s Green Steel Tracker to model two scrap-use scenarios (0% and 50%) and two sourcing routes (EU-based value chain versus iron sourced from outside the EU).

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2024). Demands for Renewable Hydrogen and Electricity for Iron and Steel Transition. https://www.sei.org/publications/demands-renewable-hydrogen-electricity-iron-steel-transition/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Demands for Renewable Hydrogen and Electricity for Iron and Steel Transition. 2024. https://www.sei.org/publications/demands-renewable-hydrogen-electricity-iron-steel-transition/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2024demands, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Demands for Renewable Hydrogen and Electricity for Iron and Steel Transition}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2024}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/demands-renewable-hydrogen-electricity-iron-steel-transition/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }