of Jon Bolton , Executive Chairman of Materials Processing Institute , not enough to power the electric arc ambitions of Europe .
“ It is a simple process and a proven process ,” he says , speaking of changes to steelmaking in Teesside , in the north west of England . “ Moving from blast furnace technology to electric arc technology is an important step , both to decarbonise the industry but also to make it more competitive .”
Reimagining the steelworks and the broader power grid In the financial year 2022 / 2023 , Tata Steel ’ s energy intensity per ton of crude steel produced amounted to a staggering 23.3GJ .
At Port Talbot alone , the steelworks used as much electricity as that of the whole of Swansea , a city a few miles down the road from the iconic site . With electric arc furnace steel production demanding significant amounts of energy from the grid , it ’ s no surprise that Tata Steel ’ s Port Talbot site is undergoing a transformation that will – hopefully – result in it using more electricity and becoming less carbon-intensive .
However , this shift necessitates a major overhaul of the local power grid to support the increased
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