Centre Taking Steps To Increase Production Of Green Steel

New Delhi: As part of its efforts to increase green steel manufacturing in the country, the Ministry of Steel has awarded two pilot projects to produce Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) using 100 per cent hydrogen in vertical shafts and one pilot project to use hydrogen in an existing blast furnace to reduce coal consumption and cut the carbon footprint, the Parliament was informed on Friday.

The Ministry of Steel has been allocated Rs 455 crore for the implementation of pilot projects for the use of green hydrogen in the steel sector till FY 2029-30 under the National Green Hydrogen Mission launched by the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Minister of State for Steel Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question.

Central public sector enterprises under the Ministry of Steel are also collaborating with eminent technology providers such as BHP from Australia, SMS from Germany, Primetal Technologies from the United Kingdom.