{"id":8236,"date":"2024-10-29T18:34:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T18:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.h-metal.ro\/blog\/?p=8236"},"modified":"2024-10-29T18:34:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T18:34:03","slug":"steel-continue-to-emit-co2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.h-metal.ro\/blog\/en\/steel-continue-to-emit-co2\/","title":{"rendered":"CCS is the only way to manage carbon dioxide from the production of cement and steel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Industrial sectors such as cement and steel will continue to emit CO2 even if they switch to 100% renewable energy, says Camilla Skriung, who is urging the Norwegian government to take action now – without waiting for EU funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camilla Skriung is an advisor at the Zero Emissions Resources Organization (Zero). A Norwegian environmental organization focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. She gave an interview to EURACTIV (a network of portals dedicated to European affairs, headquartered in Brussels) on the sidelines of a press trip financed by Gassnova. It is a Norwegian state enterprise that supports the development of CCS technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capture and storage of steel continue to emit CO2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a technology that captures up to 90% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Generated by the use of fossil fuels in the production of electricity. And in industrial processes, preventing carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most environmental NGOs are usually skeptical. If they don’t really oppose CCS, but Zero seems to be a notable exception. Why is that?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We see carbon capture and storage as part of the solution to combating global warming, to ensure we stay below 2\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We should reduce emissions in industries such as cement, steel<\/a>, aluminum<\/a>, ethanol, etc. Also have to take care of our waste. They produce considerable amounts of carbon dioxide when burned for energy recovery. And these emissions are only increasing globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All these sectors will continue to emit CO2, even if the use of renewable energy by the industry is carried out at 100%. The only way to deal with these emissions is CCS. So it is an important part of the mix to tackle global warming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we don’t have time to wait for other technologies to appear, so it could be our last chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is CCS the only way? Can renewable energies not be used?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renewable energies are used for heating and power in these industries, and efforts must continue to install renewable energy in the respective factories on a larger scale than at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the industrial process itself \u2013 how cement is produced, say \u2013 will continue to emit gases, regardless of the energy that is used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, the chemical process itself produces CO2 emissions. And, currently, it is only possible to mitigate it with carbon capture and storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article source: https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/energy\/interview\/norwegian-activist-ccs-is-the-only-way-to-deal-with-co2-from-cement-steel\/<\/p>\n

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