Abstract
Steel is the world's largest materials industry and is ubiquitous in everything from car bodies to construction and wind turbines. Therefore, its cost-effective decarbonisation is integral to the global net-zero agenda, as well as for individual companies that have themselves set similar ambitions. Last year a breakthrough proved it's technologically possible to decarbonise the versatile alloy. HYBRIT, a consortium consisting of Vattenfall, steel producer SSAB and miner LKAB, produced the first ever fossil-fuel free steel using green hydrogen. HYBRIT's aspiration isn't unique. Driven by the SteelZero initiative, set up in 2020 by The Climate Group to drive action to decarbonise the sector, key industry stakeholders have made a flurry of commitments and investments to reach this milestone by 2050. Industry momentum is expected to continue in 2022 with the first industrial pilot projects expected by the middle of the decade.
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