Sources: U.S. Department of Energy; CMCM staff Five new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-backed projects focus on next-generation cement formulations and process routes, plus carbon dioxide capture and utilization technologies to address cement plant emissions. The projects and their public or private administrators are: • Accelerated Decarbonization of Cement via Read more…
Sources: Solidia Technologies, San Antonio, Texas; CP staff Solidia Technologies, one of the first carbon-minded disruptors in construction materials to garner backing from leading climate technology investor Breakthrough Energy Ventures, plans a Q3 2024 start for its first concrete production line. Configured to an existing 53,000-sq.-ft. building in Elmendorf, Texas, Read more…
Sources: Lafarge Canada Inc., Calgary; CMCM staff Lafarge Canada, Svante Technologies Inc. and Dimensional Energy Inc. are poised to advance Project CO2MENT to its final phase: Utilization of 1 tonne of high-purity carbon dioxide from Lafarge Richmond (B.C.) cement plant flue exhaust—treated with Metal Organic Framework (MOF) advanced sorbent—to produce Read more…
Sources: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concrete Sustainability Hub, Cambridge; CP staff The process by which cement-based products sequester carbon dioxide is key to understanding the life cycle impacts of the world’s most widely subscribed building material. In a three-point question & answer sequence, MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub Deputy Director Hessam Read more…
Sources: CRH Ventures, Dublin; CMCM staff Ash Grove Cement plans to install a series of Carbon Upcycling reactors engineered to convert carbon dioxide, industrial byproduct and secondary mineral feeds to concrete-grade cementitious materials. A top five North American cement operator, Ash Grove will inaugurate the technology at it Mississauga plant Read more…
Sources: Cemex Ventures, Monterrey, Mexico; CMCM staff Carbon Limit, Boca Raton, Fla. developer of a non-calcined, supplementary cementitious material that captures and stores atmospheric carbon dioxide in concrete slabs or structures, made the Cemex Ventures Top 50 Construction Technology Startups 2023 report. The venture capital arm of Mexico-based cement, aggregates Read more…
Sources: Heirloom Carbon Technologies, Brisbane, Calif.; CMCM staff Heirloom Carbon Technologies, northern California developer and operator of the premier Direct Air Capture (DAC) assembly in the U.S., teamed with CarbonCure Technologies and Central Concrete Supply Co. for a first in ready mixed concrete production: Permanent storage of DAC-derived atmospheric carbon Read more…