Sources: California Nevada Cement Association, Anaheim; CP staff The California Nevada Cement Association (CNCA) envisions three major pathways for the industry to attain net zero carbon operation by 2045: reducing production process emissions, reducing combustion emissions through fuel switching, and increasing distributed electricity generation.
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Cement industry to outline 30-year roadmap to carbon neutrality
Among their 2021 deliverables, Portland Cement Association members aim to finalize a plan to achieve carbon neutrality across the concrete value chain by 2050. A roadmap for the U.S. industry will likely factor data-driven process and practice metrics: From cement mills’ raw material extraction and kiln fuel procurement, to concrete producers’ promotion of supplementary cementitious materials-rich mix designs, to contractors’…
Read MoreRoadmap to carbon neutrality leads cement industry 2021 deliverables
Sources: Portland Cement Association, Washington, D.C.; CP staff Portland Cement Association members aim to finalize next year a template to achieve carbon neutrality across the concrete value chain by 2050. A roadmap will likely factor data-driven process and practice metrics: From cement mills’ raw material extraction and kiln fuel, to concrete producers’ promotion of supplementary cementitious materials-rich mix designs, to…
Read MoreConcrete and cement leaders set carbon neutrality goal
Forty of the world’s leading cement and concrete producers envision a 30-year route to carbon neutral structures or slabs in “2050 Climate Ambition.” The Global Cement and Concrete Association, London, bills the statement as the first of its kind for driving down the carbon footprint of the world’s most used man-made material.
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