Sources: Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas; CMCM staff Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has installed a compact carbon dioxide pilot capture system, CO2MPACT, at Heidelberg Materials’ Edmonton cement plant. The pilot leverages the MHI Advanced KM CDR Process; supports testing of different fuel sources and various plant operating modes; Read more…
Sources: Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas Architectural, engineering and environmental services giant WSP will serve as owner’s engineers for a 1 million metric ton/year carbon dioxide emissions capture and storage facility at Heidelberg Materials’ Edmonton, Alberta cement plant—the first full-scale deployment of its kind among North American cement producers. Read more…
Sources: Cement Products staff; Portland Cement Association, Washington, D.C. Convening for a panel during the IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference in Dallas, Portland Cement Association producer member executives confirmed that alternative fuel usage, renewable energy-powered plant operations, and carbon capture storage (CCS) technology are positioning their industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions Read more…
Sources: Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas; CMCM staff A Heidelberg Materials and Government of Canada memorandum of understanding will support development of a full scale carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) facility at the company’s Edmonton cement plant. With projected annual capacity exceeding 1 million tonnes, the facility will Read more…
Sources: Heidelberg Materials, Germany; CMCM staff The parent company of key North American cement, aggregates and concrete operator Heidelberg Materials is the latest multinational producer in its sector to validate 2030 carbon dioxide emissions reduction targets according to the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) 1.5°C framework. Across U.S., Canadian and Read more…
Sources: Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas; CMCM staff The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise initiative (CarbonSAFE) has awarded nearly $9 million for a study of carbon dioxide storage prospects in the subsurface geology at Heidelberg Materials’ upgraded Mitchell, Ind. cement plant. The proposed study Read more…