CB BureauThe company has commissioned a 5 tonnes per day (TPD) carbon capture plant at its Jamshedpur Works, making it the country’s first steel company to adopt the carbon-capture technology that extracts CO2 directly from the blast furnace gas. The captured CO2 will be reused on site, in sync with Tata Steel’s circular carbon economy approach.
This carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) facility uses amine-based technology and makes the captured carbon available for onsite reuse. The depleted CO2 gas is sent back to the gas network with increased calorific value.
Inaugurating the plant, TV Narendran, CEO & MD, Tata Steel, said: ‘For the sustainability of the steel industry globally and particularly in a growing country like India, it is essential that we find economical solutions for capturing and use of CO2 at scale. Leadership in mitigating emissions, accessing low-cost clean energy, and providing circular economy solutions will define our sector’s journey going forward.
‘The operational experience gathered from this plant will give us the required data and confidence to establish larger carbon-capture plants in future. As the next step, we aim to establish scaled-up facilities of CO2 capture integrated with utilisation avenues.’
Tata Steel has undertaken a two-pronged approach of carbon direct avoidance (CDA) and CO2 capture and utilisation in pursuit of the decarbonisation goal. In September 2020, the company joined hands with the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) to work in the field of carbon capture, utilisation & storage (CCUS), to build a strong ecosystem in the country for meeting the decarbonisation commitments under the Paris Agreement.