For the second week in a row, carbon-free steel is making headlines, with OGE, Thyssenkrupp and Equinor joining together to pile into a sector which is about to undergo its largest transformation since the Bronze age. But rather than the innovation we’ve seen through the projects we’ve talked about in the past, the group is only proposing minor alterations to the same energy-intensive processes, with the gamble that it will be able to capture and store substantial amounts of carbon. We believe this approach will fail. The trio signed a cooperation agreement on Tuesday, with an initial focus on cutting emissions from one of Thyssenkrupp’s steelmaking facilities in Duisburg, Germany. This falls in line with Thyssenkrupp’s plan to substituting coking…