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The cement industry, a notable contributor to global CO2 emissions (about 7% to 8%), stands at a crossroads where sustainability and cost-efficiency must meet. 🔍 Here’s how the sector can embark on the path of decarbonization without financial strain: 💡Energy Efficiency Upgrades: Implementing high-efficiency motors and equipment can reduce energy consumption, cutting costs and emissions simultaneously. 🔄Alternative Fuels: Utilizing waste-derived fuels instead of fossil fuels for the calcination process can be both cost-effective and eco-friendly. 🧱Clinker Substitution: Employing supplementary cementitious materials like fly ash or slag can decrease clinker content in cement, leading to lower emissions. 🛢️Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS): While initially costly, investing in CCUS pays off long-term by allowing the reuse or sale of captured CO2, potentially opening new revenue streams. ⚙️Process Innovations: Adopting newer, less carbon-intensive cement-making processes can significantly reduce emissions, with the potential for cost savings in the long run. The journey towards a greener cement industry doesn’t have to be expensive. By taking strategic steps that align with long-term sustainability goals, companies can not only protect the environment but also discover new opportunities for economic growth. #SustainableCement #Decarbonization #GreenInnovation #EcoFriendlyBuilding

As we work towards enhancing energy efficiency in the cement industry, we acknowledge the sector's significant impact on global CO2 emissions—over 7% of the total. Cement production, with its high energy demands, contributes heavily to greenhouse gases. Yet, by adopting advanced technologies, waste heat recovery, and alternative materials, we can make strides toward a carbon-neutral future. At Ailesh, our approach is focused on reducing emissions and operational costs, driving the industry forward on its path to sustainability. Let’s collaborate to transform these challenges into opportunities for a greener, more sustainable future. #EnergyEfficiency #Sustainability #CarbonNeutral #CementIndustry

Accelerating efforts to tackle #ClimateChange is critical. The cement industry represents almost 8% of all global emissions but to date progress has been limited. Sustainable Views highlights the need for companies to develop innovative solutions to efficiently address the industry's emissions problem and cites #Ecocem as a company leading the way: https://bit.ly/4eSqgqR ➡ Changing the composition of cement is the key to reducing the industry’s climate impact. ➡ Ecocem’s ACT technology can reduce emissions from cement by up to 70% by using alternative materials (SCMs) and maximizing their efficiency while delivering the required performance in any concrete it is used to make. Our Founder and Managing Director, Donal O’Riain, sat down with Florence Jones to discuss the options available to the industry and the need to fully develop the potential of #LowCarbon, low-clinker cements to accelerate cement emissions reductions.    It is clear that #ClinkerReduction is crucial for decreasing emissions, and at Ecocem, we are relentlessly committed to revolutionising the cement industry with that in mind 🌎 #FutureOfCement #Sustainability #AdvancingNetZero | Financial Times

The profound statements I come across in the industry... “Biomass produces more carbon at the point of incineration than Coal but it’s okay because it’s part of the natural carbon cycle” Despite a global effort to reduce carbon being put into the atmosphere the ETS accepts this, but should we? Does new vs fossil carbon really matter or should we act on reducing emissions. Don’t we have a duty of care to try to elevate some of the material up the waste hierarchy? As the ETS draws focus to the emissions in our sector, for plastics at least, it presents two choices. We can try and capture the carbon after the materials have been turned to ash. Or we could move to only burning what’s necessary and where possible keep the carbon locked up in new products, while simultaneously reducing our dependency on natural resources. #talktotomra Get the virgin wood out of biomass and into particle board or construction materials, get the plastic out of incinerators and back into recycling chains.

Cement production is a major contributor to global CO2 emissions. 🏭 Learn about Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and how it's being implemented to address this challenge in the cement industry. #CCS #CementIndustry #Sustainability #NetZero #ClimateAction

Our carbon management journey requires the developent of a carbon capture #CCUS value chain, that was represented at a #HU24EU morning dedicated on this topic. Acceleration of carbon capture and removal in the EU requires an EU framework that: 1. Encourages both onshore and offshore storage infrastructure 2. Provides accounting rules fostering the upcycling of non-fossil CO2 from industrial process emission 3. Provides for common rules to facilitate CO2 cross-border transport and storage (incl. a CO2 specification standard) #Holcim, we are on our way to deploy six large-scale CCUS projects in the EU, engineered to produce 8 million tons of decarbonized cement per annum by 2030. #wearedoingit! #cleanindustrialdeal #eugreendeal #decarbonisedconstruction

The conversion of plastic and tire waste into an energy carrier (e.g. heating oil, diesel, grill coke, syngas) It is a social advantage if small villages are supplied with locally produced energy, thus creating local jobs for the local energy-using population from waste collected locally, small equipment for micro power plants can also be manufactured locally Our innovation in environmental protection is the use of microwave technology The pyrolysis of waste in vapor microwave plasma. The main advantage of steam plasma reactors is that there is no nitrogen in the microwave steam plasma, the plasma reactor, the gasifier and the plasma afterburner chamber, so there is no nitrogen oxides is 40 times more toxic CO, minimum carbon dioxid and odorless the flue gas. The hydrogen introduced into the reaction space with the microwave steam plasma slows down the reactions of gaseous sulphur, phosphorus and free chlorine formation to remove in the gas purification unit. When reacting with chlorine-containing substances, microwave steam plasma does not produce dioxin, which is one of the most toxic substances. I am a manufacturer and designer in the implementation of our waste energy utilization factories: www.gumienergia.hu

The conversion of plastic and tire waste into an energy carrier (e.g. heating oil, diesel, grill coke, syngas)   To date, I have been approached several times, but they expected 100% funding from me without investing their money.   For example, in oil-rich countries, the government has to fund projects if they don't want their country to be covered in waste.   I am a manufacturer and professional investor, I am happy to invest with my know-how It is a social advantage if small villages are supplied with locally produced energy, thus creating local jobs for the local energy-using population from waste collected locally, small equipment for micro power plants can also be manufactured locally   Our innovation in environmental protection is the use of microwave technology   The pyrolysis of waste in vapor microwave plasma. The main advantage of steam plasma reactors is that there is no nitrogen in the steam plasma, the plasma reactor, the gasifier and the plasma afterburner chamber, so there is no nitrogen oxides is 40 times more toxic CO, minimum carbon dioxid and odorless the flue gas.   The hydrogen introduced into the reaction space with the steam plasma slows down the reactions of gaseous sulphur, phosphorus and free chlorine formation to remove in the gas purification unit. When reacting with chlorine-containing substances, water vapor plasma does not produce dioxin, which is one of the most toxic substances.   I am a manufacturer and designer in the implementation of our waste energy utilization factories: www.gumienergia.hu

From cement plants to waste incinerators, companies are exploring ways to capture and utilize carbon. Technology for #carboncapture can not only enhance the environment but also turn CO₂ into a valuable resource. Dive into the article to discover the latest innovations in carbon capture and storage technologies and the advantages they bring. 🔗 Link to the article: https://lnkd.in/ekMewHpQ #CO2EmissionsMonitoring #CADEPM #NetZeroGoals #TFSCAD

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 At a time when large carbon footprints burden major industries, we can help reduce emissions with carbon capture, utilization and storage. We have more than 30 years’ experience in carbon dioxide compression. For example, our technologies are reducing carbon footprints in the cement, chemical, power generation, and oil refinery industries and lowering their spending on CO2 taxes. We also help turn waste CO2 into a useful resource, thus creating a sustainable carbon cycle. Visit our website for more specific examples of our work. Explore MAN CCUS projects: https://lnkd.in/efEA6_zE #MANES #innovation #ccs #ccus #carboncapture