If successful, projects such as Heidelberg Materials’ plant in Brevik could help the industry to a third of its carbon savings by 2050
hining bright among the hulking grey towers and tangled, dust-dulled pipes, at the mouth of a fjord two hours south-west of Oslo, stands a slim metal tube that may soon be hailed as a milestone in the
These first plants were “absolutely critical” for reducing costs and risks in the next generation, said Chris Bataille, a researcher at Columbia University and co-author of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on solutions. “Solar and wind showed up in the 1970s, and now it’s the 2020s. We’re still in the 1970s with … cement.”
“What is the cost of not doing CCS?” he asked reporters during a press visit to Brevik. “That we will all be cooked.” Domien Vangenechten, an analyst focusing on industrial transitions at the climate thinktank E3G, said the Brevik project was a “big deal” for the cement industry but warned against neglecting
“Cement plus CCS will always be more expensive than just producing cement,” said Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia Business School. “The green premium in cement is real.”For customers, the good news is that climate-friendly cement should add little to the final cost of an apartment. But while carmakers have spurred early investments in green steel by telling suppliers they are willing to pay a premium, no obvious lead market exists for clean concrete.
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