Cement News tagged under: carbon capture and storage
Brevik plant completes stack mounting of CCS project29 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsFollowing installation of the first half of the absorber at Heidelberg Material ’s Brevik CCS plant in Norway two weeks ago, with only 1mm of leeway, the stack has now been mounted on top of it. The absorber is the heart of the carbon capture process, separating the CO 2 and preventing it from reaching the atmosphere. Last week, Norway's Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Aasland, visited the facility to verify the progress Heidelberg Materials is making on its way to o... |
HeidelbergCement steps up Slite CCS project01 June 2022, Published under Cement NewsFollowing positive results from a pre-feasibility study, HeidelbergCement and its Swedish subsidiary Cementa are taking their carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at the Slite cement plant in Sweden to the next stage. The installation on the Swedish island of Gotland will now be scaled up to capture up to 1.8Mta of CO 2 , equal to the plant’s total emissions and equivalent to three per cent of the country’s total emissions. In terms of capturing the CO 2 , the pre-feasibility study fo... |
High interest remains in Norcem's Brevik CCS project09 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsNorcem's (HeidelbergCement group) carbon capture project in Brevik has been ongoing since January last year with demolition and preparations to receive the capture plant. Tor Gautestad, project manager at Brevik CCS, says the interest is beyond all expectations. During this first year, Norcem has carried out over 100 activities with a focus on knowledge sharing from the project and learning about carbon capture and storage. The project will see CO 2 emissions from the cement fac... |
FLSmidth signs CCS agreement with Chart Industries Inc10 September 2021, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth has signed an agreement with Chart Industries Inc (Chart) to implement advanced carbon capture technology. The new collaboration between FLSmidth and Chart joins the two companies’ efforts to adapt and commercialise Chart’s Cryogenic Carbon Capture ™ (CCC) for customers in the cement industry. CCC is an advanced post-combustion technology developed by Sustainable Energy Solutions (SES), a Chart company. CCC captures CO 2 from exhaust gas at very high rates and pro... |
International Energy Day sees Cemex focus on sustainable energy use towards net zero CO219 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsOn International Energy Day (14 February 2021), Cemex UK highlighted its drive to reduce its carbon footprint by promoting the use of renewable and sustainable energy sources and the reduction of fossil fuels. While setting energy reduction targets is important, consistently improving energy resource management and lowering energy consumption to achieve them is key. However, this will require Cemex to invest, research and collaborate with other industry participants in many areas rather than... |
LafargeHolcim and Schlumberger New Energy explore CCS10 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim and Schlumberger New Energy will explore the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) solutions. The two companies will study the feasibility of capturing carbon from two LafargeHolcim cement plants, based in Europe and North America, using Schlumberger’s carbon sequestration technologies. Magali Anderson, chief sustainability officer of LafargeHolcim: "Today’s announcement is further proof of LafargeHolcim’s environmental leadership and commitment to pioneer new s... |
Svante Inc secures US$75m funding for carbon capture projects03 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsSvante Inc has announced that it has successfully closed US$75m of Series D equity financing, the largest private investment into point source carbon capture globally to date. The financing was led by Temasek and includes strategic investors Chart Industries, Carbon Direct and Export Development Canada (EDC). Existing investors OGCI Climate Investments, BDC Cleantech Practice, Chevron Technology Ventures, The Roda Group and Chrysalix Venture Capital also participated in the round, r... |
Lehigh Hanson reaches next step in Edmonton CCS project26 January 2021, Published under Cement NewsLehigh Hanson (HeidelbergCement group) is taking the next step in its joint carbon capture and storage (CCS) feasibility study with the International CCS Knowledge Centre. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will be moving forward with the engineering design for the study on the Edmonton cement plant, Canada. "This CCS feasibility study is essential for understanding how our industry can continue to meet growing production demands, while also meeting equally important climate targets. We ar... |
Lafarge Canada's Richmond plant completes phase II of Project CO2MENT22 January 2021, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada Inc (LafargeHoldim group), Svante Inc and Total SA have reached a major milestone of project CO 2 MENT , a first of its kind partnership to capture industrial levels of CO 2 emissions from a cement plant. The multi-phase project celebrates the completion of phase II, construction to have the technology to capture and filter the CO 2 from the flue gas. This is a crucial component to achieve the next stage of capturing CO 2 flow at the Lafarge Richmond cement facili... |
Brevik plant's CCS investment approved by Norwegian parliament15 December 2020, Published under Cement NewsThe Norwegian parliament has approved the investment in a full-scale carbon capture facility at the HeidelbergCement Norcem plant in Brevik, Norway. The Brevik carbon capture and storage (CCS) project will enable the capture of 400,000t of CO 2 per year and the transportation for permanent storage, making it the first industrial-scale CCS project at a cement production plant in the world. Work on the new facility in Brevik is expected to begin immediately, with the goal of star... |