A consortium between construction materials company Cemex and gases and engineering firm Linde is set to decarbonize cement production, powered by $170 million funding provided by the EU Innovation Fund.
With this financial injection, the two companies will join forces to install innovative carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) technology at Cemex’s Cement Plant in Rüdersdorf, Germany.
The collaboration will leverage Linde’s groundbreaking solution called the HISORP®, a carbon capture technology that will see its debut in a next-gen cryogenic-adsorptive method designed to capture carbon dioxide from the exhaust gas at the emission source.
After being captured, the CO2 is then compressed and liquified to a state that meets sequestration purity requirements. The resulting liquid carbon product is transported via rail to an intermediate hub, where it gets processed and shipped for offshore permanent storage in the North Sea.
This project represents the largest CCUS initiative to date in Cemex’s long-term plans for sustainability. The vision for the system being installed at the Rüdersdorf plant is to capture 1.3 million metric tons of carbon annually, aiming to achieve full decarbonization by 2030.
On the journey towards this 2030 goal, the agenda for decarbonizing the Rüdersdorf plant will also rely on regional green electricity generation, implementing further sustainable practices like the recycling of water received from the condensation of exhaust gases.
The elaborate CCUS project by Cemex and Linde in Rüdersdorf is part of Cemex’s broader Future in Action strategy, which the company is working to incorporate into its complete network of global operations.
In a statement, Sergio Menéndez, President of Cemex Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia, said, “While we are working hard to decarbonize using existing technology (“reduce before capture”), an important component of our Future in Action strategy is to develop breakthrough decarbonization solutions for our industry to reach Net Zero. This project is one of those tools.”
Menéndez added that the Rüdersdorf CCUS project has all the key components to be able to contribute to the decarbonization of the cement industry. \
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