TotalEnergies and Holcim in Belgium have signed an MOU to work on the decarbonization of a cement production facility in Obourg, Belgium, according to a news release.
Various energies and technologies will be assessed for the efficient capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) of around 1.3 million metric tons of CO2 per year.
The partnership will implement a new air-oxyfuel switchable kiln to capture and CO2 in the flue gases and TotalEnergies will use that CO2 for an e-fuel producing scheme and/or deposit it in geological storage in the North Sea.
“TotalEnergies will assess the development of renewable projects to power a new electrolyzer, which would generate the green hydrogen needed to produce e-fuels,” the release states. “This new renewable energy production capacity would also power Holcim’s new oxyfuel kiln, thus contributing to the decarbonization of the cement plant. Finally, the oxygen emitted by the electrolyzer would be used to fuel the new kiln.”
