Cement News tagged under: CCUS
Holcim receives EUR328m funding for CCUS projects20 January 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has received EUR328m (US$355.36m) in funding from the European Union's Innovation Fund for two carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects. The schemes in Poland and Germany are part of Holcim's net-zero roadmap, including over 50 CCUS projects worldwide, and put the company one step closer to creating one of the world’s first climate-neutral cement plants. Miljan Gutovic, region head Europe at Holcim, said, “As a global leader in building solutions, Holcim is on a m... |
Antoing plant set to capture 97% of its emissions11 January 2023, Published under Cement NewsHeidelberg Materials says that it will build a new hybrid carbon capture (CCUS) unit at its subsidiary SA Cimenteries CBR 's cement plant in Antoing , Belgium, that will almost completely neutralise the plant's carbon-dioxide emissions. The German building-materials company said the new unit will capture around 800,000tpa of CO 2 from the plant, equating to a reduction of more than 97 per cent, but does not disclose when the CCUS plant is expected to be operational. The innovative s... |
German minister backs Norcem's carbon capture project09 January 2023, Published under Cement NewsGermany's economy minister Robert Habeck fully backed Heidelberg Material ’s Norwegian’s project to capture carbon emissions and re-use them. Globally, Heidelberg Materials is investing EUR1.5bn in CCUS technology up to 2030. Habeck's visit to the Norcem cement plant in Brevik , Norway, represents a shift in German policy back towards efforts to deal with planet-warming emissions by capturing them and making use (CCSU) of them in industrial processes. Projects have repeatedly stalled ... |
Japan Energy Fund invests in Svante CCUS technology22 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsJapan Energy Fund has invested in Svante through its Decarbonised Tech Fund managed by Japan Energy Capital. Canadian-based Svante was founded with the goal to make carbon capture solutions for hard-to-abate industries. It offers non-intrusive end-of-the-pipe solutions for existing industrial infrastructure to deliver pipeline-ready CO 2 for safe storage at the gigatonne scale. This US$318m Series E funding round is led by Chevron, with participation from existing investors includin... |
Cement Australia installs KC8 CO2 capture technology09 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsAustralia-based KC8 Capture Technologies is installing a demonstration plant to capture CO2 at Cement Australia ’s plant in Gladstone , Queensland. KC8’s solvent-based carbon capture processes are capable of capturing up to 95 per cent of CO2 from heavy industry sources, such as cement plants, according to the company. Reported in Financial Review, the project is called PACER - Potassium Carbonate Absorption for Clinker Emissions Reduction - and is expected to be built by the second qu... |
CEMBUREAU calls for "thorough debate" on CCUS24 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsAlthough there has never been a more exciting time for carbon capture, EU policies need to provide a predicable regulatory framework and allow for a strong business case, according to Koen Coppenholle, CEO of CEMBUREAU. Recent months have seen significant headway in carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) in the EU, with a large number of pilot and demonstration projects launched, some of which are expected to be operational by 2024. Politically, carbon capture is also gathering mo... |
Asian outlook on carbon capture, utilisation and storage18 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsThis week Asia Cement announced that it would be employing TCRK's Arago Cement Process to utilise captured CO2, cement kiln dust and by-pass particles in the cement production process in South Korea from 2025. ICR reviews the opportunities for carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) for cement producers in the Asian region. The Asia Cement Co project will include a fully commercial-scale deployment of TCRK CCUS technology. Initially it will target 30,000tCO 2 e per year, rising to 1... |
Asia Cement to start CCUS in 2025 with TCRK technology15 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsTCRK, a fast-growing IP-led CO2 capture and usage business, is collaborating with Asia Cement to bring TCRK’s carbon capture technology to a major South Korean cement plant, and support Asia Cement in achieving its 2025 decarbonisation commitments. Starting in the 1Q23, this first commercial scale deployment of TCRK carbon capture and utilisation technology will initially target 30,000t CO2e per year, growing to 120,000t CO2e per year over the first 18 months. This second target will pr... |
Heidelberg Materials signs global licence agreement with Leilac28 October 2022, Published under Cement NewsHeidelberg Materials has signed an indefinite global licence agreement with the technology company Leilac, enabling the future scale-up of the joint carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) activities. The agreement sets out the terms of use for the company’s carbon capture technology in Heidelberg Material’s operations. Leilac provides a highly efficient, low-cost capture solution for unavoidable CO 2 process emissions in cement production. The agreement is the result of a longst... |
CGF and Barclays to fund CCUS start-up company MOF Technologies13 October 2022, Published under Cement NewsClean Growth Fund and Barclays, via their Sustainable Impact Capital programme, have invested in MOF Technologies (MOF Tech) as part of their Series A funding round. An existing investor has also invested in the company at this time. A spin-out from Queen’s University Belfast, MOF Tech is a Northern Ireland-based company that has developed an energy efficient carbon capture solution to reduce harmful emissions from cement works, steel works, or energy-from-waste plants. It has world-le... |