It Is Imperative For The Steel Industry To Continuously Deepen And Steadily Promote The Dual Carbon Work

At the China Iron and Steel Association’s third-quarter information conference held on October 25, Huang Dao, deputy secretary-general of the Iron and Steel Association, said in response to a reporter’s question that the "CPC Central Committee and State Council on Complete, Accurate and Comprehensive Implementation of the New Development Concept" issued on October 24 The Opinions on Doing a Good Job in Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality mentioned two goals for energy optimization: the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption will reach about 20% by 2030, and it will reach more than 80% by 2060. The realization of these goals is a gradual process. For the manufacturing industry, the optimization and adjustment of the energy structure is actually more dependent on the green power ratio of the new energy industry and other surrounding power supply systems. The steel industry should unswervingly tap its own energy efficiency potential first, and at the same time increase the contribution rate of clean energy together with the external energy supply industry.

Huang Tao emphasized that whether from the perspective of healthy and sustainable development of the industry or from the perspective of social responsibility, it is imperative for the steel industry to focus on energy conservation and consumption reduction, and to continuously and steadily promote the "dual carbon" work. In combination with the development stage and characteristics of China’s steel industry, in the process of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, the steel industry must not only accelerate the improvement of clean energy utilization rate, accelerate the research and development of breakthrough low-carbon technology and equipment from a strategic point of view, but also increase the level. Attach importance to the promotion, application, transformation and upgrading of advanced energy-saving technologies, continuously improve the system energy efficiency and waste heat utilization efficiency of the iron and steel industry, and accelerate the use of digital and information technology to help the iron and steel industry save energy and reduce carbon emissions.

Director Huang said that the Iron and Steel Association has also conducted research on low-carbon and energy-saving issues. Some landmark and demonstrative projects for energy-saving and carbon-reduction have recently been hindered by local energy total control and "double high" project approval. The Iron and Steel Association recommends to relevant departments to determine reasonable energy-saving and low-carbon targets to effectively implement the central government's decision to curb the "two highs" project, and to avoid the phenomenon of steel advanced technology and technology projects being suspended. At the same time, the steel industry should pay more attention to the intensity of carbon emissions per unit of product, and continuously reduce energy consumption in the process. The roadmap should focus more on the scientific reduction of carbon emission intensity, which has become the goal of tapping the potential of the enterprise and the industry's efforts to make progress. It is necessary to spend time systematically studying technological improvements, improving the energy efficiency of steel manufacturing, and tapping the potential and space for carbon reduction. The improvement of energy efficiency should further tap the potential of the industry. It is necessary to have reasonable and clear goals. It is necessary to consider the high-performance requirements of high-end steel customers and the possible high energy consumption in the production of high-end steel. In the process, it is necessary to study a fairer and more reasonable assessment mechanism that is conducive to the energy conservation of the whole society.

The Iron and Steel Association will use the Low-Carbon Work Promotion Committee of the Iron and Steel Industry as its starting point to promote the development of low-carbon work in the industry, and provide guidance and reference for the energy-saving and low-carbon transformation of enterprises. For example, organize basic statistics on key iron and steel enterprises, calculate the total carbon emissions of the industry, establish a carbon emission statistics system; do a good job of basic research on the entry of the iron and steel industry into the carbon emission trading market, and study and propose a unified national carbon market quota allocation plan for the iron and steel industry; Compile the "Roadmap and Action Plan for Carbon Peak in the Iron and Steel Industry"; organize the investigation of carbon reduction technology in the iron and steel industry, and do a good job in the research on carbon emissions in the life cycle of steel products; The carbon reduction effect and future potential of a carbon emission reduction path, research on low-carbon technology development strategies, to select some major projects, and form industry low-carbon common technologies to revolve around national industrial policies and low-carbon development of steel enterprises; sort out the existing standard system and compile The Low-Carbon Standardization System for the Iron and Steel Industry and the Standards for Evaluating Carbon Emissions and Benchmarks in the Iron and Steel Industry and related low-carbon technology standards; organize research and development of low-carbon common technologies, and concentrate industry-leading research and development forces to carry out low-carbon technology research and release Actively promote mature energy-saving and low-carbon technologies in technical catalogs or successful cases.