Are electricity prices and cross-subsidies a barrier to decarbonising India's steel industry?

IF 3.8 3区经济学 Q3 ENERGY & FUELS

Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-09 DOI:10.1016/j.jup.2024.101853

M. Åhman, M. Arens

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Abstract

The main options for deep decarbonisation of primary steel production are to continue using coal and employ carbon capture and storage (CCS) or to change the production process to direct reduction by utilizing hydrogen produced from renewable energy resources. In India, the world's second-largest steel producer, a shift to renewables is inhibited by the current power market regime, which includes a complex cross-subsidy scheme. We calculate the cost of energy and the amount of cross-subsidies paid by the Indian steel industry, analyse the effects of the cross-subsidies on deep decarbonisation options, and discuss the barriers to their removal.

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电价和交叉补贴是否是印度钢铁业去碳化的障碍？

初级钢铁生产深度脱碳的主要选择是继续使用煤炭并采用碳捕集与封存技术（CCS），或者利用可再生能源产生的氢气将生产工艺改为直接还原。在世界第二大钢铁生产国印度，向可再生能源的转变受到现行电力市场机制的阻碍，其中包括复杂的交叉补贴计划。我们计算了印度钢铁行业的能源成本和交叉补贴金额，分析了交叉补贴对深度脱碳方案的影响，并讨论了取消交叉补贴的障碍。

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Utilities Policy ENERGY & FUELS-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

CiteScore

6.80

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

66 days

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