Indian steelmaker Tata Steel Limited and automation machinery maker and digital technology solution provider ABB India have entered into an agreement to explore technologies to reduce the carbon footprint in steelmaking processes, according to a regulatory filing of Tata Steel on Thursday, September 7.
The two companies will focus on system-level assessments of Tata Steel’s manufacturing plants and production facilities to evaluate and co-develop short-term and long-term options for energy efficiency, decarbonisation, and circularity, the filing said.
Tata Steel and ABB will explore energy optimisation through hydrogen as an alternative fuel for upstream processes and energy reduction as well as substitution through fully integrated electrification and digital systems such as ABB Ability eMine and e-Mobility solutions and energy efficient motors.
Tata Steel has an annual crude steel capacity of 35 million mt and aims to reach 40 million mt by 2030.
According to Tata Steel, it is committed to major sustainability targets, including achievement of carbon neutrality by 2045. It has a medium-term target to reduce carbon emissions to less than two metric tons of carbon dioxide per metric ton of crude steel at its Indian operations by 2025.