Cement News tagged under: CCUS
Aalborg Portland signs letter of intent on CO2 storage hub12 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsAalborg Portland and Fidelis New Energy have signed a letter of intent enabling the cement producer to potentially supply more than 400,000t of CO 2 to the Norne Carbon Storage Hub in Aalborg through a direct pipeline connection by 2030. Norne is Denmark's first large-scale facility for handling captured CO 2 in Aalborg and was announced by Fidelis in May this year. "We have been closely following Fidelis' plans for the construction of Denmark's first large-scale CO 2 handling facil... |
Carbon8 welcomes new chief executive officer09 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsCCUS specialist, Carbon8, has appointed Paul Drennan-Durose as its new chief executive officer, effective immediately. Mr Drennan-Durose succeeds John Pilkington who has become non-executive chairman. Commenting on the news, Mr Pilkington said, “Carbon8’s board and its investors are delighted that Paul is now leading the business. Paul brings to the company a wealth of international board leadership and experience within industry as well as in private equity and venture capital.” Mr Drenn... |
Babcock & Wilcox and Newpoint to offer CO2 solutions02 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsBabcock & Wilcox has announced that it has teamed with Texas-based Newpoint Gas to jointly market and supply economical and efficient CO 2 capture solutions for industrial customers in the cement, steel, food and beverage, and petrochemical industries using B&W’s patented SolveBright TM regenerable solvent technology and Newpoint’s modular regeneration skid. The companies have agreed to work together to identify commercial opportunities, primarily with industrial, manufactur... |
ALCCC calls on Europe to adopt performance-based standards31 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Alliance for Low Carbon Cement and Concrete (ALCCC) has published a new report, ‘Fast Tracking Cement Decarbonisation’, calling for a shift to performance-based cement and concrete standards to accelerate the decarbonisation of the European cement industry. According to the report, clinker substitution is generally seen as the most promising lever for decarbonisation, enabling considerable reductions in the industry’s carbon footprint in the short term at near-zero costs, followed by oth... |
Holcim Beckum carbon capture project reaches first test phase30 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Germany , thyssenkrupp Uhde and the Technical University of Berlin have started the first test phase of latest amine scrubbing technology to separate the process exhaust gas CO 2 at the Holcim cement plant in Beckum , Germany. The project cooperation was announced about a year ago and the installation of the first system module in the factory is ready. The aim is to significantly reduce the CO 2 emissions of existing cement plants and at the same time make the separated CO ... |
Mitchell CCUS project handed US$5m funding from US DoE22 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsHeidelberg Materials North America has been selected for award negotiation to receive approximately US$5m in funding from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED), Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects programme. The purpose is to study the integration of carbon capture, transport and storage at the new state-of-the-art cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana . The funding will provide significant support to the work that has been started under ... |
Lafarge Canada's carbon capture project enters final phase18 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada has announced a tri-party agreement with Svante Technologies Inc and Dimensional Energy, Inc to bring a demonstration of Dimensional Energy’s carbon dioxide utilisation technology to Lafarge’s cement plant in Richmond , British Columbia, Canada. In 2019, through a joint industry partnership between Svante, Total SA, and Lafarge, Svante installed Project CO 2 MENT, a demonstration carbon capture plant to capture 1tpd of CO 2 emissions from Lafarge’s operations at the Richmo... |
DoE announces funding to accelerate two cement industry CCUS projects12 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe US Department of Energy (DoE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations has announced the selection of eight projects for award negotiations, as part of the Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Programme. This programme aims to accelerate the implementation of integrated carbon capture and storage technologies. With up to US$189m in funding, these community-informed integrated carbon capture, transport and storage projects are set to advance and help catalyse significant follow-on ... |
MOF Technologies rebrands to Nuada26 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsMOF Technologies, a UK-based company whose technology efficiently captures CO 2 directly from industrial sources, is rebranding to Nuada. Nuada’s next-generation ‘heatless’ technology is redefining carbon (CO 2 ) capture, slashing the energy penalty and costs associated with CO 2 capture. The new name is an ode to the company’s Celtic origins and is inspired by the ancient mythical king, Nuada, whose name means ‘to capture’. With this rebrand, Nuada has positioned itself... |
Climeworks to build presence in US DAC market19 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsClimeworks, a global leader in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) via direct air capture (DAC) technology, has confirmed its intent to engage in several large-scale DAC projects in the USA over the next few years, with the potential to create thousands of direct US jobs in the process. “Political momentum is essential for creating a carbon removal industry at the pace needed to reach global climate goals. The US is now at the forefront of this, with legislation such as the Inflation Reduction A... |