XCarb™ India Accelerator Programme

Deadline: 31 August 2023

Are you a start up with big plans to reduce emissions? Are you looking to make a meaningful impact to accelerate decarbonisation in the steel industry? Do you want to establish your technologies as market leading and become recognised for your help towards the transition to low, and ultimately zero, carbon emissions steelmaking? If yes, then this call is for you!

The XCarb™ India Accelerator Programme has been created to support breakthrough technology start-ups which hold the potential to accelerate the decarbonisation of the steel industry.

Take part in the XCarb™ India Accelerator Programme

In recognition of India’s ambition, capabilities, and unique challenges in supporting the global energy transition they are now launching a new, dedicated XCarb™ Accelerator Programme targeted at the country’s deep ecosystem of technology start-ups.
The XCarb™ India Accelerator Programme will give you the opportunity to pitch your ideas to the XCarb™ Innovation Fund Investment Committee, chaired by Aditya Mittal, CEO of ArcelorMittal and Chairman of AM/NS India. The programme will also be supported by ArcelorMittal’s joint venture, AM/NS India, which is actively developing its own decarbonisation strategy and initiatives for lower emissions domestic steel manufacturing. Successful participants will have access to expertise, resources and advice from ArcelorMittal and AM/NS India.
You will also receive support from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (‘IIT Madras’), who are well-known for nurturing ideas and mentoring and who will collaborate with them on this programme.

Who can take part in the XCarb™ India Accelerator Programme?

Applicants will need to be start-ups or early-stage companies with concepts for commercially scalable technologies that hold strong potential to decarbonise steelmaking. Submissions are invited across four distinct technology domains:
- Raw materials and circularity
  - Iron ores and scrap quality improvement; Steelmaking by-products valorisation (i.e steel slags); Biomass valorisation, waste to gas or biocarbon.
- Disruptive steelmaking for process decarbonation
  - Reduce fossil fuel usage; Gas heating technologies.
- Clean energy technologies
  - Renewable energy sources; Hydrogen technologies; Energy storage technologies.
- Gas reforming/Gas transformation technologies
  - Capture and separation of CO2; Conversion of CO2 to C or CO; Carbon capture and storage or utilisation; CO2 transformation or valorisation to chemicals.