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U.S. Department of Energy Announces Plans To Create Low-Carbon Cement & Concrete Center of Excellence To Reduce Industrial Emissions

July 25, 2024 admin buildings, cement, clean power, concrete, green economy, policy & politics, research, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:43:15 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) today announced its plan to create a Cement and Concrete Center of Excellence to accelerate the development and adoption of novel low-carbon cement and concrete technologies. U.S. national laboratories can receive up to $9 million through an upcoming competitive … [continued]

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US Election 2024: Industrial Decarbonization

July 24, 2024 admin biden, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, cement, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, Coal, crude oil, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, INDUSTRY, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, republican party (united states), steel, subsidies, us election 2024, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 12:55:21 +0000

Four years ago, things looked bleak for federal action in the industrial sector. Biden and Harris’ current plan is light on specific climate action for industry as well. The committed Kigali Amendment and Paris Accord ratifications will have flow-down impacts of course. There are research dollars for low-carbon concrete and … [continued]

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China’s Carbon Emissions Fall As Economy Slows, While Other Emissions Rise

July 19, 2024 admin aluminum, carbon emissions, cement, China, clean power, Fossil Fuels, green economy, policy & politics, research, steel

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:01:58 +0000

Carbon emissions in China have decreased for the first time in many years, but the reasons for the decline are troubling.

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Fixing Industrial Process Emissions — India Utility Seminar Transcript & Slides

June 25, 2024 admin Agriculture, aluminum, buildings, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, cement, chemicals, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, concrete, Fossil Fuels, glass, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, India, INDUSTRY, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, steel, waste reduction, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 19:44:09 +0000

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]

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Cement Displacement & Decarbonization Decade By Decade Through 2100

June 23, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, carbon fiber, carbon pricing, cement, cement emissions, China, climate change, concrete, decarbonization, Energy, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, steel, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 21:40:05 +0000

Cement is the gray glue that holds our economy together. It’s ubiquitous, if often hidden behind paint or plaster. It holds together the rock, sand, and steel that keep our buildings upright, our bridges spanning chasms, and our dams holding water for irrigation, generation, and recreation. And it’s a carbon … [continued]

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Aday Leads Research & Development of Cement & Concrete Alternatives To Decarbonize the Value Chain of Industrial Processes

June 19, 2024 admin buildings, cement, cement emissions, clean power, concrete, green concrete, green economy, Manufacturing, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 14:04:36 +0000

When people think of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), it is often solar, wind, and other clean energy generation technologies that come to mind. However, Ana Aday, a materials science researcher in NREL’s Building Technologies and Science Center, is taking on a whole new challenge: decarbonizing the cement and … [continued]

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Cement Is One Of Few Industries Where Carbon Capture May Be Competitive In Niches

June 19, 2024 admin buildings, California, cap and trade, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, carbon tax, cement, China, clean power, climate change, concrete, Construction, Energy, EU, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, India, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, subsidies, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 18:49:50 +0000

As concrete month draws nearer to a close, it’s time to look at an option not previously explored, continuing to use limestone but bolting on carbon capture and paying for waste disposal in permanent sequestration sites. After fifteen years of assessing carbon capture technologies, pilots and proposals, this is one … [continued]

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Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete Is Noble, But Why Will Developers Pay For It?

June 15, 2024 admin better buildings, buildings, California, Canada, cap and trade, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, carbon tax, cement, China, climate change, concrete, Construction, decarbonization, Europe, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, steel, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:55:33 +0000

During what has become concrete month, I’ve explored the full range of actual and purported solutions to the climate problem that is the cement, steel, and concrete used in construction. The industry’s emissions are high, with every ton of reinforced concrete having a carbon debt of 0.3-0.4 tons of carbon … [continued]

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Concrete Is A Geography, Minerals, & Waste Game Played With Billions Of Tons Of Chips

June 12, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, cement, China, climate change, Coal, concrete, Fossil Fuels, green concrete, green economy, India, INDUSTRY, investment, Manufacturing, Mining, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:35:12 +0000

As cement day turns into concrete week turns into concrete month, it’s worth considering how the absurd tonnages of concrete manufactured changes, often radically, depending on where specifically in the world the concrete is needed. That’s all because those absurd tonnages means that we move the stuff that goes into … [continued]

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Just When I Thought I Was Done With Cement Replacements, A Look At Geopolymers

June 12, 2024 admin aluminum, buildings, carbon emissions, cement, climate change, concrete, concrete wind turbine towers, Construction, Europe, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:46:28 +0000

One of the many people who have suggested I look at something in the space of cement and concrete decarbonization suggested red mud. All I knew was that it had something to do with aluminum, and hence I thought it would be another metal slag supplement to cement. You know … [continued]

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