CO₂ Ultimate Reduction System for Cool Earth 50(COURSE50)

Abstract

Japanese steel industry has been working on the national project "CO₂ Ultimate Reduction System for Cool Earth 50 (COURSE50)” since 2008, which is one of national projects commissioned by NEDO. The goal of COURSE50 project is to mitigate CO₂ emissions from steelworks by about 30% by (1) technology for reducing iron ore to iron in blast furnace using hydrogen such as hydrogen contained in coke oven gas and (2) technology for capturing CO₂ contained in blast furnace gas using unused wasted heat in steelworks. Using the knowledge gained from the development of COURSE50 as a foothold, the Japan Iron and Steel Federation will take on the challenge to realize “zero-carbon steel”.