The European Green Deal sets ambitious targets for GHG emission reductions for the process industry, which can only partly be reached by the transition to renewable energy. Residual, hard-to-abate CO2 emissions from industrial processes such as steel and cement production will need to be captured, and wherever possible, processed and recycled into new products. The shift towards low-carbon processes may disrupt existing industrial symbiosis pathways. If no alternative linkages are developed, this may lead to increasing emissions in downstream sectors. The transitions in steel and energy production lead to dwindling supplies of low-carbon resources for cement production such as blast furnace slag and coal fly ash.

The core concept of CARBON4MINERALS addresses the simultaneous use of CO2 from industrial flue gases with current and future waste streams to unlock a vast stock of resources for innovative low-carbon binders and construction materials. A total of 8 industrial pilots will be built and operated across the process value chain from CO2 capture to cement production and low-carbon construction products.

List of achievements

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Coordinator

Liesbeth Horckmans / Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek N.V. (VITO)
email: liesbeth.horckmans@vito.be