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Low-Carbon Development for the Iron and Steel Industry in China and the World: Status Quo, Future Vision, and Key Actions
- Source :
- Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12548, p 12548 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- The low-carbon development of China’s iron and steel industry (ISI) is important but challenging work for the attainment of China’s carbon neutrality by 2060. However, most previous studies related to the low-carbon development of China’s ISI are fragmented from different views such as production-side mitigation, demand-side mitigation, or mitigation technologies. Additionally, there is still a lack of a comprehensive overview of the long-term pathway to the low-carbon development of China’s ISI. To respond to this gap and to contribute to better guide policymaking in China, this paper conducted a timely and comprehensive review following the technology roadmap framework covering the status quo, future vision, and key actions of the low-carbon development of the world and China’s ISI. First, this paper provides an overview of the technology roadmap of low-carbon development around the main steel production countries in the world. Second, the potential for key decarbonization actions available for China’s ISI are evaluated in detail. Third, policy and research recommendations are put forward for the future low-carbon development of China’s ISI. Through this comprehensive review, four key actions can be applied to the low-carbon development of China’s ISI: improving energy efficiency, shifting to Scrap/EAF route, promoting material efficiency strategy, and deploying radical innovation technologies.
- Subjects :
- China
Environmental effects of industries and plants
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Status quo
iron and steel industry
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Geography, Planning and Development
TJ807-830
low-carbon development
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Environmental economics
TD194-195
Material efficiency
Renewable energy sources
technology roadmap
Environmental sciences
Work (electrical)
Carbon neutrality
Key (cryptography)
GE1-350
Business
Technology roadmap
Efficient energy use
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Details
- ISSN :
- 20711050
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sustainability
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ddd8324fab7cfbfb3e2d3d282e5a2a95