That is what outgoing minister Hermans of Climate and Green Growth announced at the NOS. CEO of Tata Steel Hans van den Berg says in a video that this is a ‘big and important step’ for a cleaner steel production ‘in his own hands and in his own country’.
It is a so -called joint letter of intent, a joint declaration of intent. One of the two factories on the site that are still running on coal is modernized and will be fired on natural gas.
This emits around five megaton CO2 less. In addition, the company will capture CO2 and store underground. The transition to natural gas is an intermediate step; Ultimately, the factory must run on biomethane gas.
Tata speaks of ‘gigantic transformation’
If all goes well, Tata will ultimately lower its CO2 emissions by forty percent. That percentage must be achieved halfway through the following decade.
The aim is to reduce the emission of particulate matter, the main source of health risks, by 35 percent. For lead, the goal is a reduction of 68 percent and 44 percent for nitrogen.
To achieve that, windshields and roofs are built at the raw material fields on the site within a few years. “A huge transformation,” said the Hans van den Berg.