{"id":670,"date":"2022-09-28T09:14:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T13:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainable-energy\/?p=670"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:07:13","slug":"alexandra-mallett-publishes-article-in-energy-strategy-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainable-energy\/2022\/alexandra-mallett-publishes-article-in-energy-strategy-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandra Mallett Publishes Article in Energy Strategy Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Alexandra Mallett Publishes Article in Energy Strategy Reviews\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading Head u-font-serif u-h2 u-margin-s-ver\" id=\"screen-reader-main-title\"><span class=\"title-text\">Green transformation in the iron and steel industry in India: Rethinking patterns of innovation<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"banner\" class=\"Banner\">\n<div class=\"wrapper truncated\">\n<div class=\"AuthorGroups text-xs\">\n<p id=\"author-group\" class=\"author-group\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"content\"><span class=\"text given-name\">Alexandra <\/span><span class=\"text surname\">Mallett<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"author-group\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"content\"><span class=\"text given-name\">Prosanto <\/span><span class=\"text surname\">Pal<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"abs0015\" class=\"abstract author-highlights\" lang=\"en\">\n<h2 class=\"section-title u-h3 u-margin-l-top u-margin-xs-bottom\">Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"section-title u-h3 u-margin-l-top u-margin-xs-bottom\">Innovation is needed for decarbonization of the iron and steel industry in a sustainable way.<\/li>\n<li class=\"section-title u-h3 u-margin-l-top u-margin-xs-bottom\">The adoption of technologies that significant reduce carbon emissions in countries like India serve as important pathways towards decarbonization.<\/li>\n<li class=\"section-title u-h3 u-margin-l-top u-margin-xs-bottom\">Frontrunner Indian steel firms are taking proactive steps to produce their steel more sustainably but these efforts alone are inadequate to effectively transform the sector.<\/li>\n<li class=\"section-title u-h3 u-margin-l-top u-margin-xs-bottom\">International collaboration and national government efforts, have the potential to catalyze such systemic changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"abs0010\" class=\"abstract author\" lang=\"en\">\n<h2 class=\"section-title u-h3 u-margin-l-top u-margin-xs-bottom\">Abstract<\/h2>\n<div id=\"abssec0010\">\n<p id=\"abspara0010\">There is growing acknowledgement that industrial processes including the production of iron and steel are a pivotal area ripe for technological change if we are to effectively decarbonize, while concurrently industrialize countries of the Global South in a sustainable way. Innovation is an important element in advancing green (decarbonizing and reducing the environmental footprint) steel production. A narrow view of green steel production points to incremental changes that reduce carbon and other environmental footprints. However, insights from innovation systems and transformative innovation policy highlight the role of&nbsp;<a class=\"topic-link\" title=\"Learn more about directionality from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/engineering\/directionality\">directionality<\/a>&nbsp;of decarbonization pathways, arguing that greening steel will not come about without industrial transformation. This requires an overarching, systematic approach that broadens innovation to effectively transform industry towards decarbonization. Public policies provide mechanisms through which to realize these changes. We turn to the production of steel by large firms in India to ask: what technological innovation efforts are underway? What about the role of technology and innovation cooperation? Regarding the directionality of these pathways, to what extent could these efforts lead to green transformation of the production of steel in India?<\/p>\n<p id=\"abspara0015\">Drawing from interviews with informants with knowledge of this sector, and various government and industry documents, we found that there is a disconnect between what steel majors and government actors are doing in India \u2013 pursuing various activities and policies but doing so in a piecemeal fashion and not pivoting enough towards net zero &#8211; and the systemic approach that scholars indicate is fundamental to effectively green the steel sector. Secondly, in contrast to studies that argue that the bulk of international technology cooperation initiatives on R&amp;D are led by the public sector, with the private sector becoming involved at latter stages, various Indian steel majors are actively working on international technology cooperation on R&amp;D. Frontrunner India steel firms are taking proactive steps to produce their steel more sustainably. However, current efforts &#8211; principally led by the private sector and where the market for green steel is basically non-existent &#8211; to make the sector more sustainable are inadequate. We suggest that governments must play a larger role in promoting innovation to realize the green transformation of steel production in India. International collaboration and technology diffusion combined with national government efforts, which allow for the \u2018opening up\u2019 of innovation policy, have the potential to catalyze such systemic changes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2211467X22001626\">Read full article in <em>Energy Strategy Reviews<\/em>&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green transformation in the iron and steel industry in India: Rethinking patterns of innovation Alexandra Mallett Prosanto Pal Highlights Innovation is needed for decarbonization of the iron and steel industry in a sustainable way. The adoption of technologies that significant reduce carbon emissions in countries like India serve as important pathways towards decarbonization. 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