Workers have been left stranded by Tata Steel’s announcement of 2,800 job losses as part of a move to greener steel, say campaigners.
Greenpeace policy director Doug Parr said it was a “missed opportunity”.
He believes some of the Port Talbot workforce could have taken part in a pilot to explore the potential of manufacturing steel using hydrogen.
He believes some of the Port Talbot workforce could have taken part in a pilot to explore the potential of manufacturing steel using hydrogen.
Tata’s managing director TV Narendran said he was not ruling out further investment in natural gas or hydrogen powered steelmaking at Port Talbot in the future.
“If [natural] gas was available here we could have considered that even today,” he said.
“Hydrogen is even further away. So these are not off the table. I think this is just the first step.”
The jobs are going because Tata is shutting down both blast furnaces at its Port Talbot site and building a “more sustainable, green steel business” using an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF).
Workers have been left stranded by Tata Steel’s announcement of 2,800 job losses as part of a move to greener steel, say campaigners.
He believes some of the Port Talbot workforce could have taken part in a pilot to explore the potential of manufacturing steel using hydrogen.
Greenpeace policy director Doug Parr said it was a “missed opportunity”.
Tata’s managing director TV Narendran said he was not ruling out further investment in natural gas or hydrogen powered steelmaking at Port Talbot in the future.
He believes some of the Port Talbot workforce could have taken part in a pilot to explore the potential of manufacturing steel using hydrogen.
He believes some of the Port Talbot workforce could have taken part in a pilot to explore the potential of manufacturing steel using hydrogen.
Tata’s managing director TV Narendran said he was not ruling out further investment in natural gas or hydrogen powered steelmaking at Port Talbot in the future.
“If [natural] gas was available here we could have considered that even today,” he said.
“Hydrogen is even further away. So these are not off the table. I think this is just the first step.”
The jobs are going because Tata is shutting down both blast furnaces at its Port Talbot site and building a “more sustainable, green steel business” using an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF).
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