A Canadian cement plant could become the world’s first in the construction material production sector to install technology to capture almost all of its carbon emissions and store the compound for potential resale on the market. The planned effort comes amid a growing industry push to eliminate embodied carbon in building materials, particularly concrete made from cement.
Lehigh Cement has launched a feasibility study on a full-scale carbon-capture and storage (CCS) project at its Edmonton, Alberta, plant, working with the International CCS Knowledge Centre to reduce the facility’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The effort could cost hundreds of millions of dollars.