Construction on the world’s first carbon-neutral cement plant got underway this week thanks to new technology developed by a German firm, Interesting Engineering reported.
Cement and concrete production generates as much as 9% of all human CO2 emissions worldwide, according to Scientific American, piling the pressure on the industry to find a greener way as countries across the globe push to reduce carbon emissions, the story went on.
Experts at Thyssenkrupp Decarbon Technologies, an international industrial and technology firm, have developed a “pure oxyfuel” process that makes cement production sustainable.
The tech uses pure oxygen in the combustion process, replacing ambient air, to capture 100% of CO2 emissions and is now being installed in Thyssenkrupp’s new plant in Lägerdorf, Germany, where the builders moved in on Tuesday.
Read the full story: Interesting Engineering
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