Sources: Rondo Energy, Oakland, Calif.; CM2 staff Industrial heat battery developer Rondo Energy has unveiled two charter models, the RHB100 and RHB 300, equipped to capture intermittent electricity from renewable power sources and store it at high temperatures for hours or days. Rondo Heat Batteries store more than 1 MWh Read more…
Sources: U.S. Department of Energy; CP staff The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Pasadena, Calif.-based Heliogen $4.1 million to demonstrate a concentrated solar power (CSP) process for heating limestone to 950°C, applicable to the calcining phase in portland cement production. CSP technologies deploy mirrors to beam sunlight onto a Read more…
Sources: Holcim Ltd., Zug, Switzerland; CM2 staff The parent of Holcim (US) operations and Lafarge Canada has upgraded 2030 climate targets, validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), in line with the cement and concrete sector’s new 1.5°C science-based framework and reflecting tighter carbon dioxide emissions baselines. A partnership Read more…
Sources: Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico; CP staff The parent company of major cement, aggregate, ready mixed and concrete block producer Cemex USA, Houston, has validated its 2030 decarbonization goals, including Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction measures, through the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The revised Cemex S.A.B. Read more…
Source: World Cement Association, London Supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) developer Carbon Upcycling Technologies of Calgary is the newest World Cement Association associate corporate member. The company combines two routes to lower carbon dioxide emissions, notes WCA CEO Ian Riley: Sequestering the compound in concrete and increasing the availability of low Read more…
Sources: Coolbrook Oy, Helsinki; CM2 staff Coolbrook, a developer of electric heat technology geared to decarbonizing cement, steel and chemical production, and ABB have extended an early-2022 agreement aimed at advancing the former company’s RotoDynamic equipment. Through its Process Automation and Energy Industries businesses, ABB will provide electrification and digitalization Read more…
Sources: Eco Material Technologies, South Jordan, Utah; CP staff
Arizona customers and public officials joined Eco Material for a June 21 ribbon cutting at the Kirkland Pozzolan Mine, located in hilly, desert terrain 75 miles northwest of Phoenix. CEO Grant Quasha credited construction and mining teams, as well as plant equipment suppliers, with creating a world class facility—one advancing the producer’s mission to decarbonize concrete by offering alternatives to portland cement.
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