NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete (NEU) is excited to announce the detailed plans for $6B of investments in the U.S. industrial sector by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). These investments will establish future paths to decarbonize the industrial sector.
With the industrial sector considered one-third of global CO2 emissions, this announcement is an immense investment in these businesses. These investments are spread out over the cement, steel, and aluminum industries.
In the cement and concrete industry, program selections for award negotiations include:
Deeply Decarbonized Cement project
Brimstone Energy, Inc.
Federal cost share: up to $189 million
First Commercial Electrochemical Cement Manufacturing
Holyoke, Mass.
Sublime Systems, Inc.
Federal cost share: up to $86.9 million
Lebec Net Zero Cement Plant project
Lebec, Calif.
National Cement Company of California
Federal cost share: up to $500 million
Limestone Calcined Clay Cement Production
Troutville, Va.
Roanoke Cement Company
Federal cost share: up to $61.7 million
Low-Carbon Calcined Clay Cement Demonstration
Port Deposit, Md.; McIntyre, Ga.; Elmendorf, Texas; Sulphur Sprints, Texas
Summit Materials, Inc.
Federal cost share: up to $215.6 million
Mitchell Cement Plant Decarbonization Project
Mitchell, Ind.
Heidelberg Materials, Inc.
Federal cost share: up to $500 million
“The steps just taken by the DOE to invest in the decarbonization of our industry will help the U.S. cement and concrete industry aim for the White House’s initiative of net-zero emissions operations by 2050,” said Dean Frank, executive director, NEU. “Here at NEU, we will continue our work with government agencies and the industry to help encourage the use of both new and existing materials and technologies to reduce carbon emissions.”
For more details on the projects, go to the Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations.