Technology developed by Concrete4Change that can make concrete a carbon sink rather than carbon producer will be trialled and tested by researchers from the University of Warwick. The technology which could revolutionise the concrete industry on a global scale, has been showcased and won an award at COP26.
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Project ACCSESS
The further development of CCUS pathways is a central part of HeidelbergCement’s carbon neutrality roadmap. Project ACCSESS has been officially presented by the coordinator Sintef Energi AS from Norway. A consortium of 18 industry partners and research organisations will collaborate in a range of activities to speed up deployment of CCUS and link CO2 emitters from mainland Europe to the storage fields in the Nordics. The program of 18 million € in total was rewarded €15 million out of the EU Horizon 2020 budget.
Continue readingCement with Climate-Neutral Fuel Mix Using Hydrogen Technology
- A cement kiln at the British Ribblesdale plant of HeidelbergCement’s subsidiary Hanson UK has successfully been operated on a net zero fuel mix as part of a world-first demonstration using hydrogen technology
- Led by Hanson UK and the Mineral Products Association (MPA), the trial used a mix of 100 per cent climate-neutral fuels including hydrogen for commercial-scale cement manufacture for the very first time
Can Conrete Store Energy?
Scientists in Sweden conducted battery research that focused on making batteries store energy and double as structural components for buildings. The team demonstrated a novel cement-based battery that could see large structures built from functional concrete.
The research was executed at the Chalmers University of Technology, where scientists were developing more sustainable building materials, focusing on concrete, the world’s most widely-used, energy-intensive material.
Continue readingGerman Innovation Award Goes To First 3D-Printed House
The first residential house in Germany to be built with a 3D concrete printer has won the German Innovation Award from the German Design Council. The two-storey single-family home in Beckum, North Rhine-Westphalia, with around 160 m2 of living space consists of multi-layered walls filled with insulating material or ready-mixed concrete.
Continue readingConcrete Is Not Just Concrete
Imagine an entire twenty-story concrete building that can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, such a vision could someday be a reality. Researchers from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering recently published an article outlining a new concept for rechargeable batteries — made of cement.
Continue readingNew Environmental Friendly and Durable Concrete: EnDurCrete
EnDurCrete project is a research project supported by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme for Research and Innovation which started in January 2018 with a duration of 42 months. The project consortium is led by HeidelbergCement and it consists of sixteen partners from twelve European countries.
Continue reading€ 1 Billion Investment In Innovative Clean Technology Projects
The European Commission launched the first call for proposals under the Innovation Fund, one of the world’s largest programmes for the demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies, financed by revenues from the auction of emission allowances from the EU’s Emissions Trading System on 3th of July.
Continue readingAn Opportunity For The Cement Industry: Startups
According to Wikipedia, the definition of startup is:
“A startup or start-up is a company or project initiated by an entrepreneur to seek, effectively develop, and validate a scalable business model. While entrepreneurship refers to all new businesses, including self-employment and businesses that never intend to become registered, startups refer to the new businesses that intend to grow large beyond the solo founder.Startups face high uncertaintyand have high rates of failure, but a minority of them do go on to be successful and influential. Some startups become unicorns, i.e. privately held startup companies valued at over US$1 billion.“
Continue readingInnovandi – Research Network Initiated by GCCA
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has announced the formation of Innovandi – the Global Cement and Concrete Research Network (GCCRN) at the end of 2019. Innovandi focuses on projects to address sustainability and emissions challenges
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