Cement News tagged under: CCS
Vicat’s Montalieu plant to be CCS pilot site27 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsAs part of the decarbonisation strategy of the top-50 industrial sites with the highest CO 2 emissions, Vicat ’s Montalieu-Vercieu cement plant is expected to be a carbon capture and storage (CCS) pilot site for France. “The idea is to go faster. We had a post-2030 project. We are moving it forward and aiming for implementation before 2030. We are even talking about 2027,” explains Guy Sidos, the CEO of Vicat. “We give ourselves the possibility of going to capture 1Mta of CO 2 , knowing t... |
Breedon Group joins Peak Cluster project19 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsBreedon Group plc has announced its involvement in the Peak Cluster project, a world-first initiative with key partners working together to create a net zero future for the cement and lime industries in the Peak District, UK. Together with the Lostock Sustainable Energy plant in Cheshire and four other cement and lime plants in the Peak District and Staffordshire Moorlands, including sites owned by Tarmac, Lhoist and Aggregate Industries, the project will remove over 3Mt of CO 2 emi... |
UK government funds CCS trial at Breedon Cement11 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe UK government is handing Breedon Cement GBP230,000 (US$290,338/EUR264,453) to investigate the use of carbon capture and storage facilities (CCS) in its cement production. The Derbyshire-based company said the cash injection will allow it to "significantly advance knowledge of the infrastructure" needed to push the company's lime and cement plants in Derbyshire to a "low-carbon future". The government is paying 50 per cent of the project cost via its Industrial Energy Transformation... |
Cementa prepares groundwork for 2030 electricity supply at Slite plant24 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsCementa ( Heidelberg Materials ) is working purposefully in three areas to enable the transition to its carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at its Slite plant by 2030. The plant will need significantly more electricity, which will place great demands on the company as part of Gotland's electricity system as well as on the collaborations on which Cementa depend. Cementa is working to produce cement with as little energy as possible. Energy efficiency is also a decisive fact... |
Viking CCS project targets UK cement emissions20 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsHarbour Energy and BP have entered into an agreement to develop the Viking carbon capture transportation and storage project near the heavily industrialised Humber region in the UK. According to BP, the Viking CCS project has the potential to meet one third of the UK government’s target to capture and store up to 30Mta of CO 2 by 2030 from the local steelmaking, refining, chemicals and cement industries. The two companies already share an interest in the Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gatheri... |
Hanson UK enters CCS due diligence and negotiation phase31 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsHanson UK ( Heidelberg Materials ) has progressed to the due diligence and negotiation phase in its bid to install carbon capture technology at its Padeswood cement works in Flintshire through the UK Government's Phase-2 cluster sequencing programme. The announcement represents another important step forward for the construction sector in its ambition to reach net zero. If funding is confirmed, this project will deliver the first net zero cement works in the UK, placing Padeswoo... |
Carbon4Minerals targets CCS and carbon-negative materials31 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Carbon4Minerals project consortium, composed of 14 partners from seven European countries, is a collaborative effort to develop innovative technologies for CO₂ capture and use in the production of carbon-negative minerals for high-value construction products, with the potential to reduce CO₂ emissions by 80-135 per cent compared to cement-based reference materials. The core concept of Carbon4Minerals addresses the simultaneous use of CO₂ from industrial flue gases with current and... |
Ecocem Director speaks out against composition of Net Zero Industry Act17 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsEcocem ’s Founder and Managing Director, Donal O'Riain, has spoken out on what he terms a missed opportunity with the passing of Europe's Net Zero Industry ACT (NZIA). Mr Riain stressed that the Net Zero Industry ACT (NZIA) takes no account of alternative technologies to cut in half CO 2 emissions from the cement industry by 2030. From a low-carbon cement technology perspective, the scope of the NZIA is very specific. Companies and technologies will need to fall in to one of the narrow... |
Modifying Germany's carbon capture plans10 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsAs a leading industrial nation in the EU, Germany's carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) strategy is key for the succesful reduction of European CO2 emissions. The German government has targeted net zero to be reached in 2045 and the cement sector is expected to play an important part in this drive. Progress is underway with cement industry CCUS projects at Mergelstetten and Rohrdorf featuring in the news. However, there is a concern about adequate underground storage of captured CO... |
Carbon Clean to expand North American presence10 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsCarbon Clean, a leading global carbon capture solutions business, has announced a significant expansion in North America to meet booming demand for its carbon capture technology. The company has opened its US headquarters in Houston, Texas and will double its US headcount to meet demand for CycloneCC, its fully modular technology, in what is expected to become its biggest market. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is driving enormous demand for industrial carbon capture and has already ... |