Tata Steel becomes India’s first to use biochar for greener steel production

Tata Steel has become the first Indian steelmaker to introduce biochar as a partial replacement for fossil fuels, marking a significant step in its sustainability journey. Starting with a trial in January 2023, the company has replaced around 30,000 tonnes of fossil fuel with biochar at its Jamshedpur plant. This shift is expected to cut

Centre establishes task force aimed at investigating integration of biochar

In India, the steel industry contributes around 2% to the country’s GDP, where interestingly, domestic steel sector contributes to 12 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, characterized by an emission intensity of 2.55 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of crude steel, notably higher than the global average of 1.9 tonnes of CO2. To mitigate

New cement mixed with biochar absorbs more CO2

Engineers at Washington State University (WSU) have developed a new method for making concrete that absorbs more carbon than it emits. The process of making cement requires very high temperatures, and that usually requires burning fuels which, of course, emits CO2. That can be partly offset by switching to renewable energy sources, but chemical reactions