The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) has selected a project for funding to develop a pioneering carbon capture, removal, and conversion test center at Cemex’s cement plant in Knoxville, Tenn.
The center will serve as a proving ground for innovative carbon capture technologies needed to accelerate deep decarbonization of the cement industry at scale. The project is one of five selected to share $101 million to begin and continue developing test centers for cement plants and power facilities.
In collaboration with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Cemex and a coalition of U.S. cement producers will develop the conceptual design, business, technical and managerial structures for the test center.
This Phase 1 project includes the necessary designs and structures for the center, while a competitive selection for Phase 2 will involve building and operating the carbon capture, removal and conversion test center, providing a platform to research and evaluate advanced systems for decarbonizing the cement industry.
