Masdar and EMSTEEL have demonstrated the use of green hydrogen to produce green steel in a pilot project, the first of its kind in the MENA region.
Renewable hydrogen produced by the project has been certified by Avance Labs, the hydrogen code manager accredited by the International Tracking Standard Foundation, in accordance with the recently released ISO 19870 methodology for hydrogen. Certification data was validated by Bureau Veritas, acting as the third-party assurance provider.
Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Masdar CEO, said, “Decarbonisation of hard-to-abate industries is vital to the global undertaking to achieve the objectives of the historic UAE Consensus agreed at COP28. Green hydrogen is an essential element in advancing national and global decarbonisation efforts and we are proud to be at the forefront of that endeavour.”
Eng. Saeed Ghumran Al Remeithi, Group CEO of EMSTEEL, said it is committed to propelling decarbonisation efforts in the sector, in support of the UAE’s Net Zero by 2050 Strategic Initiative.
“Our efforts to date have been fruitful, with our current utilisation of clean energy sources rising above 80% in 2023,” he said.
“EMSTEEL is also the first steelmaker in the world to capture part of its CO2 emissions, enabling us to operate with 45% less carbon intensity than the global average. Our partnership with Masdar will play a key role in continuing to build on our efforts to decarbonise this hard-to-abate sector and the downstream supply chain.”
Steel production is a key industry in the UAE but as it is carbon-intensive and hard-to-abate, the sector globally contributes between 7-8% of worldwide carbon emissions.
Decarbonising the steel industry is therefore essential to propelling the world towards Net Zero.
Rising global demand for green steel presents huge growth potential for the UAE, as the country aspires to be a major green steel production hub.
The use of sustainable building materials, including steel, is being promoted through the National Green Certificates Program, launched by the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure in July 2024.
The pilot project aligns with Abu Dhabi’s Low Carbon Hydrogen Policy which promotes low-carbon hydrogen as a future clean energy source, constituting a significant milestone towards ensuring economic growth, sustainability, and energy security and a strategic step towards a sustainable future.
The Low Carbon Hydrogen Policy complements the UAE National Hydrogen Strategy, which seeks to establish the UAE as a leading global producer of low carbon hydrogen by 2031.
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