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Table 3.

Carbon footprint of hot-rolled coil as a function of the electricity mix

Electricity mix Input	Carbon footprint of electricity mix [kg CO₂eq/kWh]	Carbon footprint of hot-rolled coil [kg CO₂eq/kg HRC]
German renewable Mix^a	0.056	1.4
German grid mix^b	0.54	1.7
European grid mix^c	0.39	1.6

The electricity mix is used for the DR plant, melting unit, BOF, casting, and natural gas-based hot-rolling.

^aGerman renewable electricity mix, year 2018 according to the Environment Agency [34]; GaBi database, 2021.1: “DE: Electricity mix (energy carriers, generic)”.

^bGaBi database, 2021.1: “DE: Electricity grid mix”

cGaBi database, 2021.1: “EU-28: Electricity grid mix”