Under the guidance of green development, we will use low-carbon metallurgy and smart manufacturing to achieve green, low-carbon and harmless steel production process, and use high-quality products to achieve green and low-carbon steel product use process.
Carbon Neutrality Pathway
1.Replace carbon with industrial green electrification for heating, significantly reducing carbon emissions in blast furnace processes.
2.Focus on research and development, aiming to achieve around a 30% reduction in carbon emissions.
3.Extend the carbon value chain and create a new net-zero carbon cycle industrial chain.
4.Plan to increase electric furnace steel production by over 6 million tons before 2030.
5.Use hydrogen or full hydrogen reduction of iron oxide to achieve near-zero carbon emissions.
6.Complete the construction of the zero-carbon demonstration plant with a capacity of one million tons hydrogen-based shaft furnace by the end of 2023.
7.Increase the ratio of scrap steel and promote the development of the circular economy.
8.Research different grades of scrap steel application technology and establish an efficient circular economy operation system with downstream customers.
Low-carbon manufacturing
A. Smart Energy Management
1.Construction of smart energy systems to achieve real-time statistics and analysis of all energy sources.
2.Full-process monitoring and digital dynamic management of kiln processes, resulting in a 3.5% reduction in fuel consumption.
B. Carbon Reduction through Technological Equipment
1.Improvement of Energy Efficiency: Enhancing the energy efficiency of fans, pumps, motors, and transformers.
2.Upgrading Facility Lighting: Modernizing and upgrading facility lighting systems.
3.· Hydraulic System Servo Energy-saving Retrofit: Implementing energy-saving upgrades for hydraulic systems.
4.Low-temperature Control Rolling of Seamless Pipes and 140 Online Normalization Technology Research: Conducting research on advanced rolling and normalization techniques.
5.Energy Savings in 2023: Achieving technical energy savings equivalent to 14,000 tons of standard coal in 2023.
C. Achieving Optimal Energy Efficiency
1.Optimizing Scrap Structure and Smelting Process: Advancing towards benchmark energy consumption standards in electric furnace operations.
2.Waste Heat Recovery in Large Slab Reheating Furnace: Saving 3,134 tons of standard coal annually; operational since September.
3.Additional Waste Heat Recovery in Long Product Electric Furnace: Aiming to produce 160kg of steam per ton of steel; currently under construction, to be operational in November.
4.Improving Interface Efficiency: Achieving a 95% hot charging and hot delivery rate for large slabs.
D. Optimization of Energy Use Structure
1.New Photovoltaic Power Generation: Installing a photovoltaic system with a capacity of 1,388 kWp in the new primary rolling round steel finishing plant.
2.Hydrogen-oxygen Cutting for Casting Slabs: Reducing carbon emissions by 950 tons annually.
3.Comprehensive Electrification of Residential Energy Use: Implementing electrification across all residential energy uses.
Switching Wire Rod Heating Furnace to Natural Gas: Reducing carbon emissions by 35%; currently in the preliminary research phase.
