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Heidelberg Materials’ journey to net-zero

07 November 2023, Published under Cement News

Heidelberg Materials is investing in multiple projects to achieve its ambitious target of reducing its CO 2 emissions by 47 per cent by 2030. From its first carbon capture and storage (CCUS) project at the Brevik plant in Norway almost 20 years ago, the cement producer has developed several CCS projects using a range of technologies. By S Federhen and A Burns, Heidelberg Materials, Germany. Figure 1: by 2030 Heidelberg Materials wants to reduce its CO2 emissions by 47 per cent when ...

Australia embraces low carbon

23 October 2023, Published under Cement News

The carbon tax has had a profound effect on Australia’s cement industry, which has expanded its clinker grinding facilities and channelled investment into decarbonisation measures. New players are also keen to enter the market while the government looks at preventing carbon leakage in the face of growing imports. Australia’s cement industry looks firmly towards the future as it embraces decarbonisation with investments in current plants and future technologies (© AdBri) Austr...

Expanding the EU's carbon management accounting framework

13 October 2023, Published under Cement News

This week the CCS+ initiative released its EU guide to an integrated carbon accounting infrastructure for the industrial carbon management market. The market for carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is developing and the accounting framework needs to be robust to ensure the best solutions will emerge from policies and investment. The CCS+ initiative claims that the deployment o...

Towards Germany’s first fully-decarbonised cement plant

10 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Heidelberg Materials’ new GeZero project will completely decarbonise cement production at the Geseke plant in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The first of its kind project will establish a full carbon capture and storage value chain for an inland site and is expected to capture 700,000tpa of CO 2 from 2029. Here, the company outlines the project’s scope and set-up for full-scale carbon capture. By Heidelberg Materials, Germany. Construction of Heidelberg Materials’ GeZero CCUS proje...

CCUS technology has GB4bn investment potential for UK economy by 2030

03 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Accelerating deployment of carbon capture and storage in the UK could secure around GBP40bn (US$48.7bn) of inward investment by 2030, a new study of the technology’s potential reveals. The Carbon Capture and Storage Association’s (CCSA) new Delivery Plan has examined the pipeline of potential projects across the United Kingdom to identify the economic opportunities available and threats to successful deployment. Since the plan was last updated in March 2022, the number of carbon capture a...

GEA participates in successful carbon capture trials at Phoenix Zementwerke

21 September 2023, Published under Cement News

Düsseldorf-based technology group GEA has announced its carbon capture portfolio for the cement sector and other high-emission industries, aimed at making decarbonisation both efficient and cost-effective. The company also said its solutions have shown remarkable results in practical trials conducted at the Phoenix Zementwerke  pilot plant in Beckum , Germany, reducing CO 2 emissions in cement production by 90 per cent. At the facility, which produces 500,000tpa of cement, around 1000t...

Capturing carbon at Hanson UK Padeswood

18 September 2023, Published under Cement News

ICR speaks with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)’s General Manager of the Decarbonisation Business in EMEA, Mitsuaki Kato, and Hanson UK, regarding Hanson UK’s Padeswood carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ General Manager of the Decarbonisation Business in EMEA, Mitsuaki Kato, speaks with ICR about Hanson UK’s Padeswood carbon capture and storage project (© Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) Hanson UK, part of Heidelberg Materials, is inves...

Saipem launches its first industrialised product for carbon capture

13 September 2023, Published under Cement News

Saipem has launched Bluenzyme™, an innovative pre-engineered line of CO 2 capture solutions based on the proprietary enzymatic technology “CO 2 Solutions by Saipem”, with the release of the first industrialised product, Bluenzyme™ 200, a ready-to-use package aimed at small and medium emitters, which has a nominal capture capacity of 200tpd of CO 2 .  The “CO 2  Solutions by SAIPEM” technology that characterises how Bluenzyme™ works, uses a non-toxic, non-volatile solvent based on the us...

CLEANKER’s calcium looping progress and prospects

05 September 2023, Published under Cement News

For the last few years, Buzzi SpA has been hosting a pilot project to demonstrate the efficiency of calcium-looping CO 2 capture technology for a cement plant. Results from the project’s nine experimental campaigns carried out over the course of 2022-23 have delivered positive outcomes, building the foundations for a technology scale-up. By Matteo C Romano, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Energy, Italy, Martina Fantini, EU CORE Consulting Srl, Italy, and Maurizio Spinelli, LEAP Scarl, ...

BGF invests GBP3.4m in Nuada CCUS technology

27 July 2023, Published under Cement News

BGF, one of the largest and most experienced growth capital investors in the UK and Ireland, has invested GBP3.4m (US$4.37m/EUR3.76m) in Nuada (formerly MOF Technologies), a UK-based company that is redefining the capture of CO 2 from foundational and hard-to-abate industries.  Nuada is working with leading cement manufacturers ( Buzzi SpA , Heidelberg Materials and Cementir Holding ) and is currently deploying a first-of-a-kind plant at Buzzi SpA's Monselice plant in northern I...