Aim of the "catch4climate" project is to create the basis for a large-scale CO2 capture -applications in cement plants enabling the later use of CO2 as a raw material in other processes (CCU, CCS). For this, four cement manufacturers have joined forces. At the site of the Mergelstetten cement, the consortium intends to build and operate its own demonstration plant on a semi-industrial scale, where the so-called oxyfuel process will be applied for CO2 capture. The aim is to capture almost 100 percent of the CO2 emissions from a cement plant in a cost-efficient manner. In the future, the captured CO2 will be used to produce so-called “reFuels”, which are climate-neutral synthetic fuels such as kerosene for air traffic, with the help of renewable electrical energy.

Poroject Lead: HeidelbergCement

Region: Europe

Country: Germany

City/Town: Mergelstetten

Timeline Start - End: 2020-01-01 -

Project Status: Ongoing

Project Budget: 0.0 €

Funding source: N.A.

Website: https://www.globalcement.com/news/item/11634-catch4climate-project-moves-forward-with-mergelstetten-oxyfuel-plans

Activities:

- CCU

CO2 Source: Schwenk Cement production

CCU Tecnology Category: Capture (Point sources)

Facility stage: Planning stage

End TRL: 7

CO2 capture/Utilization:

Production Volume:

Product Categories:

- Fuels

Specific Product(s): reFuels’, climate-neutral synthetic fuels such as kerosene for air traffic, with the help of renewable electrical energy