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Paying a Premium for "Green Steel": Paying for an Illusion?
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- Kriström, Bengt (författare)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för skogsekonomi,Department of Forest Economics
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- Johansson, Per-Olov (författare)
- Stockholm School of Economics,Handelshögskolan i Stockholm
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- 2022-11-02
- 2022
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 2152-2812 .- 2194-5888. ; 13, s. 383-393
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- The iron and steel industry generates around 10 % of global greenhouse gas emissions. The bulk of the emissions originates from the iron ore reduction. In this reduction, coal is used as a reagent. Steelmakers could switch to hydrogen-based direct reduction using hydrogen instead of coal as a reagent to reduce iron ore to pig iron. This would eliminate the CO2 emissions from the equivalent process in a traditional blast furnace. However, the process requires massive amounts of electricity. This paper looks at the economics of such a switch to "green steel." We assess a marginal increase in the production of a hypothetical green steelmaker. We also undertake an investment appraisal of a green plant, based on an ongoing installation in Northern Sweden, but also briefly consider a possible/planned investment in the US. This appraisal is complemented by computing the survival function for the net present value in a systematic sensitivity analysis. It seems highly unlikely that a green steel plant can be socially profitable. If the green plant displaces conventional steel produced within the European Union's cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases, total emissions remain more or less unaffected; permits and emissions are simply reshuffled. Hence, if end-users of green steel pay a premium, they might pay for an illusion.
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- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
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