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News & EventsNews January 12, 2006AISI CREATES ENERGY REDUCTION STRATEGY FOR STEELMAKING SOBOT key to future target of energy consumption in steel industry WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) with our members have developed a new Roadmap towards dramatically reducing energy use in steelmaking. Entitled “Saving One Barrel of Oil per Ton – A New Roadmap for Transformation of the Steelmaking Process,” or SOBOT, it describes a long-term strategy designed to reduce energy intensity in steel production by identifying research pathways in energy substitution, energy recovery and energy savings. This Roadmap will guide R & D over the next 10-15 years toward the 2025 target of producing steel using approximately one barrel of oil [approximately 6 million BTU] per ton less than today’s processes. With energy representing 20% of the cost of making steel, the transformation of steelmaking processes needs to be considered. “Energy savings of this type cannot be made by incremental changes, although they are often important enabling technologies,” Lawrence W. Kavanagh, AISI’s vice president of Manufacturing and Technology said. “It will require radical approaches to future steelmaking processes to achieve the reductions in energy use contemplated by SOBOT.” Energy use per ton of steel shipped has been reduced by 23% since 1990, as previously reported by AISI, and steelmakers efforts today are always driving energy consumption closer to the limits of today’s processes. “Although our energy efficiency since 1990 has outperformed Kyoto, we must do more,” Andrew G. Sharkey, III president and CEO of AISI said. “SOBOT’s goal will keep us firmly focused on a sustainable future.” AISI serves as the voice of the North American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI also plays a lead role in the development and application of new steels and steelmaking technology. AISI is comprised of 33 member companies, including integrated and electric furnace steelmakers, and 118 associate and affiliate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. AISI's member companies represent approximately 75 percent of both U.S. and North American steel capacity. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI’s website at www.steel.org. |
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