Cement News tagged under: hydrogen
Heidelberg Materials investigates ammonia as hydrogen carrier15 March 2024, Published under Cement NewsHeidelberg Materials UK is working with Cranfield University to explore the use of ammonia as a hydrogen carrier, which is then ‘cracked’ to create hydrogen fuel for use in cement plants. Ammonia is already in widespread use so there are existing infrastructures and protocols in place to ensure it is stored and transported safely, which poses one the key challenges for hydrogen adoption. This latest project will look at how ammonia can be used as a low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen carrier, ev... |
Fives collaborates with Holcim for hydrogen decarbonisation order07 March 2024, Published under Cement NewsWith more than 50 years of leadership in hydrogen, Fives is supporting Holcim in its energy transition and the decarbonisation of its production processes. Fives has carried out hydrogen tests with Holcim at the La Malle site in France, which have made it possible to achieve a hydrogen substitution rate of more than 50 per cent, a result unprecedented in the cement industry, claims Fives. In addition, the project has significantly increased the rate of use of alternative fuels while m... |
CEMEX to add a new tertiary mill at Alicante23 February 2024, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX's plant in Alicante in Spain embarks on a significant environmental initiative, launching a new tertiary mill project, "Molentis," with a EUR6m investment aimed at reducing CO 2 emissions. The "Molentis" project, part of CEMEX 's "Future in Action" decarbonisation strategy, is scheduled to commence operations in the 1Q25, this initiative is supported by a EUR4.4m grant from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism's Innovation and Sustainability Plan in the Manufacturing Ind... |
CEMEX supports zero emission hydrogen start-up21 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX Ventures, CEMEX’s corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, has increased its stake in HiiROC, a UK-based start-up that produces cost-competitive and zero-emission hydrogen through its proprietary process of thermal plasma electrolysis. While hydrogen is becoming an increasingly promising alternative energy source and feedstock for a wide and diverse set of industrial processes, existing solutions are traditionally either high emission or high cost. Alternatively, HiiROC... |
Continental Cement signs hydrogen MoU24 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsSummit Materials , in partnership with its subsidiary Continental Cement Co , has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PCC Hydrogen Inc (PCCH2), a producer of negative carbon intensity hydrogen, to develop a fuel replacement strategy to lower carbon emissions from Continental's cement manufacturing process. The project aims to deploy negative carbon intensity hydrogen derived from ethanol as a replacement fuel for the existing hydrocarbon fuels used as a source of heat in the... |
Lafarge Canada bets on ITCs to boost clean energy investments19 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada ( Holcim Group) is among the companies counting on investment tax credits (ITCs) for its plant in Exshaw, Alberta, Canada, where it has a plan to capture 1Mta of carbon emissions. "Having ITCs in place in Canada... will certainly help the project's business case and in ensuring investment in decarbonisation occurs in Canada," the company's two heads of sustainability said in a joint statement to Reuters. The government first announced some CAD10bn (US$7.4bn) in IT... |
Limak Cement addresses Turkey's "Green Transformation"16 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsLimak Cement 's new business platforms will be “the most important catalyst in the Green Transformation," said Limak’s CEO, Erkam Kocakerim, speaking at the ‘Climate Change Summit: Green Transformation’ held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 14 June 2023. In the first such gathering following the formation of the government, more than 200 top business executives and bankers, some of them from the most carbon-intensive sectors of the economy, gathered to exchange views on the efforts needed to ensure ... |
Cement sector decarbonisation: the business case18 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsTo achieve its 2050 target of net zero cement production, the cement sector will need to apply a range of decarbonisation strategies. However, high capital costs and limited market experience are key barriers to rapid deployment. In the USA, several regulatory incentives are available while the voluntary carbon market offers further opportunities. By Kayla Carey, Zach Harmer, Braeden Larson and Wilson Fong, ClimeCo, USA. Eco Material Technologies turns landfilled coal ash into a relia... |
Mannok Cement cuts CO2 with CATAGEN and biohydrogen technology17 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsCATAGEN, a net zero innovation company, and Mannok , a cement and construction products manufacturer, conducted a six-month feasibility study to explore the decarbonisation of Mannok’s cement operations using CATAGEN’s future suite of ClimaHtech technologies. Through the introduction of and oxygen from CATAGEN’s HGEN (renewable hydrogen generator) aided waste heat recovery, Mannok’s carbon emissions were reduced by seven per cent at its cement plant in Co Cavan, Ireland. Th... |
Mannok Cement secures Green Energy funding12 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsMannok Cement , located in Fermanagh, is one of two companies in Northern Ireland to secure funding in a new GCP240m (US$298.4m/EUR273.4m) UK Government Green Energy Scheme. The funding will support Mannok in the first vital phase of its energy transformation programme. The first phase of the programme, which the funding will support, is the generation of onsite green hydrogen (H 2 ), a more sustainable, zero-emission fuel created using renewable energy, to replace the use of diese... |