Indian and Swedish companies have inked pacts to help decarbonise high-carbon emission sectors like cement and steel, with the use of artificial intelligence (AI), use of hydrogen, and recycling of steel slag.
Leading Indian companies such as Tata Steel, JK Cement, Ambuja Cements Ltd, Jindal Steel, Prism Johnson, and Cemvision, along with global research institutes and Swedish technology innovators like Swedish technology leaders Kanthal and Swerim have jointly decided to launch at least seven projects to drive decarbonisation in these sectors as India advances towards its 2070 net-zero target.
The projects include using hydrogen in rotary kilns for steelmaking, recycling steel slag to produce green cement, and deploying AI to support cement decarbonisation.
The selected projects will conduct pre-pilot feasibility studies in India under the ‘Lead IT industry transition partnership’, with funding from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and the Swedish Energy Agency, a press statement said.
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The partnership refers to the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), a global initiative launched by India and Sweden to help heavy industries like steel and cement decarbonise, aiming for net-zero by 2050, supported by the World Economic Forum. Specific collaborations like the India-Sweden Industry Transition Partnership (ITP) will work on low-carbon pathways in such sectors through working groups on innovation, finance, and carbon markets.
Top Indian institutes including IIT Bombay, IIT-ISM Dhanbad, IIT Bhubaneswar, IIT Hyderabad and Datta Meghe College of Engineering are also partners in these seven projects, the statement added.
As part of its aim to reduce emissions from these hard-to-abate sectors, India says its decarbonisation exercise will be essential to support the country’s infrastructure development, industrial growth, and long-term climate ambitions.
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