The Impact of Improvement in Iran Iron and Steel Production Technology on Environment Pollution

Iron and steel industry is the most energy intensive sector in Iran's economy. In recent years this industry has experienced a high rate of growth. So it is expected that the growth of energy consumption in this industry and its environmental pollution will increase quickly in future. Thus, the estimation of long run energy consumption in iron and steel energy intensive industry and its environmental pollution, specifying the potentialities of energy saving as a result of technological progress in this industry, and analyzing of the impact of improvement in production technology in iron and steel industry on environment; seem to be considerably crucial. These subjects are analyzed in this paper using a techno - economy model. The finding of executing Model for Energy Demand Evaluation (MEDEE), reveals that through utilization of improved production technology in iron and steel industry, the level of energy consumption in this industry reduce about 13.5 and 45.8 MBOE in 2015 and 2025 respectively. So, the environmental pollution as the result of this reduction in energy consumption in iron and steel industry, is very considerable.