Advanced sustainability and carbon reduction plans including CCUS

Video summary

  • SCG outlines its net-zero roadmap across cement, building materials, chemicals and packaging, combining lower-carbon products with changes to manufacturing and construction practice.
  • Measures include supplementary cementitious materials, alternative fuels, waste-heat generation and approximately 110MW of solar capacity, alongside digital and prefabricated construction methods that reduce labour and waste.
  • Thailand's limited fly-ash supply and lack of slag make the development of other clinker substitutes and suitable process technology particularly important.
  • For residual emissions, SCG is investigating carbon capture and mineralisation as part of a portfolio rather than as a replacement for immediate efficiency and material-substitution work.

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So let me give a quick introduction about the seg. We are based in Thailand. We are about 110 years old company, and we established in 1913 to produce a cement. Now we have diversify into three core business group, namely the cement building materials chemical business and packaging business. we invest a lot in Asian country. of course the, the biggest investments in Thailand. The second biggest is in Vietnam because of the petal chemical complex in Langton. So in Vietnam for the building materials near Hanoi, we have a cel business. It's a PR group, and we have a cement plant in bin province central of Vietnam and down south we have a we cement guide and smic roof business.

And for chemical business. the big long term petrochemical projects is near the, the Ho Chi Minh City. we produce cracker H d p e L d P E and ppe. And this is packaging businesses. mostly of the products is in near, near ho Chi min. So we have incorporated the S C G framework to into the business operation. we target the net zero by 2050, and all F CG products have to be a green product by 2050. But we target 2030 is 67% is green products. So the pathway to the net zero is quite a straightforward approach. 10% from coal fine power plant. So we have to reduce the renewable energy and 40% from the fossil fuel. So alterna alternative fuel try to reduce the, as much as core of use.

And then the, the difficult one is 50% limestone decarbonization. So as, as long as you produce clean, you still have CO2 coming. Also, you need a carbon capture in neutralization. so we commit into the, as a gentleman from Indian in previous speakers mentioned, we commit to the G C C A and also the science-based target. The, the main difference is that science-based target is only for cement production, but G C C A is a is a guideline for the whole volution. So this is our pathway to net zero. which today have we focused on the GCC guidelines. So the, the bottom one is they say saving clinical production. So our term is we call the zero code. We try to use Zero code, as I will say.

So we target it to, in 2030, no more coal in the cg. And saving in cement by to, to reduce the clean factor use. And zero power is try to use as much as Leno energy. And then carbon capture neutral station. We will start in 2030, but the project have to start now. We have to start in now before 2030. And then, and then through the value chain is concrete and construction, which I will follow the te by each one. for the green solution we provide some solution for the construction industry. For example, the 3D printing solution. this technology, we believe that we can save time safe labor and reduce waste during the construction.

So at the end, it will reduce the CO2 emission this technology beside construction. You can print the furniture, you can print the counter for this side, for the, for the cafe, and even the sculpture. We, we printed at the Epic 2000 22 last year. And this is some of the highlight. this is the first on site to the printing, I think three years ago. The usable area is a hundred square meter. And then last year we print two story on site to the printing. the usable area is 345 square meter. And then we moved to the, we call the p p vvc prefabricated pre finish to repeated construction installation time, maybe two days to do that.

And another highlights for construction is PC Ultra high Performance Concrete. So this is our solution is for bridge construction. this, this one is a first post-tension U H P C bridge in Thailand. And, and decide is to, can deliver curve goer extending from each side of apartment. Difficult to understand. But this design one, the I accent award in construction, the first price last year or so, And I moved to the low carbon cement, cement and low carbon concrete. this is roadmap for the CO2 reduction for the clinical factor. Thailand, we produce the O P C or Audi, ordinarily Portland cement or type cement. But first by storm is that in 2021 S C g stopped producing back O P C cement.

So we, we have the, we call the hybrid cement. Actually, it's a low carbon cement. And then at the end of this year, it is a key milestone for Thai. Tight Thai cement. Manufacturer association has agreed that we, we will no longer produce the O P C. Every cement for structure of cement will be low carbon cement or hydraulic cement. And as the previous speaker mentioned the key is the, we call the supplemental cementitious material to replace clinical unfortunately Thailand heavily a few fly ash, maybe two, 2 million tons in Thailand, and no, no slack. So in, in the future, our approach is also calcite clay.

Our progress now is that we can produce at a pile of plants 10 tons per day of cement, or two tons of the kasai clay. And by the end of this year, we can produce 250 tons of cement normally cause kasai clay, if you don't do anything, it's the color will be orange. But if you have some technology or reduction process you can make it a gray color or so. our approach for Sigman is that we try to make it the same class strength class are 42.5. So the customer, the concrete customer, we don't have to change a lot of mixed design on that. Make it easier for use to use. And for rain mix, we have a ready mix business.

In, in also in, in Thailand alone, we have about produce about 18 million cubic meter of ready mix. So that part, we have to optimize a Mixi to lower the vital content and improve the plant efficiency using the, using the machine learning. And if you increase the share of imc, you can decrease the back segment, and that can help reduce your two also. And beside that, we start using the ev mixer truck to transport the concrete to the customer site. And at our mining, we also use our EV machine mining truck that, and people may talk a lot about their af alternative, alternative fuel.

in this year, we can achieve 50% by direct feeding at the caino we are using what's so-called easy to use af from, from 50% 30% from the biomass, and 20% from I df. This is a selective I df that we have to treat. There's a pre-treatment we call it I DF three, but easy to use. AF also have a limited resource. So we try to move to the have to use one have to use one. We need to improve the machine. We need an combustor. So right now we are exploring the, the, the technology of hot dish step combustor and pyro pyro, pyro loader also. So I don't know which technology is more suitable for eg.

And then in the future, we've try, we move to the AF at the main burner, and then at the end, we will, we will cross gap by using the high quality af by turning waste into the say, bio call or biochar. there's a ion technology to do that. And then who, who know at the, in the future, maybe use a plasma burn. You don't have to worry about the air anymore. And this is for the ZI power. two technology now is a waste heat generator and solar power red heat, we can generate 110 megawatt. And solar power now is exiting hundred 30 megawatt. So plan to use a smart micro kit to optimize the energy usage. And we don't, we don't have a battery now.

So for solar power, we can use only, only during the day. But in the future, maybe we, we plan to install the, the battery and start. We are also studying the, the wind energy the heat battery for the first to that we move on. So we target again 2030, a hundred percent renewable energy. this is the last part is c c there's two technology in here is a carbon capture technology and neutralization technology. you can, you can say that this technology still at the early age, and none of it is feasible now. It's quite, quite expensive for the technology. for sg we are doing exploration.

So, so hopefully at the end of this year, we, we can come up with a strategy, which earlier that we will focus to move under the future. So, so now it's quite a lot of collaboration between Thai University and, and G C C. They, they, they, they are in research. it's called innovative. So we are partner with many large cement producer around the world for the, for the, for the utilization technology. when you capture, you have to find a way to, to utilize the co2, that, that's a difficult part. You can store it, but unfortunately in Thailand, you, you don't have the place very much earlier to, to store the co2.

but, but the key, key challenge of the CO2 for siemen industry, we have a quite a large amount. So CG alone, we estimate that at the end to go to net zero. We, we have like 8 million ton to utilize after you capture. So this is a, a have listed what we could do with the co2. we, we can use as a produce aggregate or caring. Okay, you can make a, a chemical such as maternal diesel methane, or you can make caffeine from that, and you can put produce polymer. But the key challenge, another key challenge is you see the edge, you need the hydrogen for the chemical reaction we see. And edge, edge part is a, a critical thing. blue hydrogen also need carbon capture.

So the way forward, maybe same as in India is to, to make a green hydrogen. But now it's, you know, the cost of making green hydrogen is very high. So, so this is another challenge to move over for the carbon utilization. Just just to show that there some company in the US they are making water for co2, so there will be quite a lot of water making from CO2 from cement. So for the, for the conclusion, it's a challenge for the cement and concrete industry, for the greenhouse gas. But this is not our problem alone. It is a problem worldwide. the key challenge is I think that is carbon capture and neutralization. So there are many opportunity for research and innovation in the future.

And the, and the key, the important point is that what we are doing now, it has to be financial feasible. We will not move forward if it's not feasible. So solar cell, and u says it's all feasible now, but to move forward, I think we, we need some support from the government. Okay. Thank you.

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