The Holcim Lägerdorf CCU carbon capture and utilisation project in Northern Germany has officially been started.
The Holcim C2B (Carbon2 Business) project will capture about 1.2 Mta CO2 from the cement plant, commissioning is scheduled for 2028.
In Lägerdorf, Holcim and its project partners will build a second-generation oxyfuel kiln and a carbon purification unit (CPU). The kiln will be operated with pure oxygen instead of ambient air. This produces a process gas rich in CO2, which is then purified and treated in the CPU. In total, Holcim Germany is investing a mid three-digit million euro sum in the climate-neutral cement plant. The EU is funding the project with around 110 million euros.
In addition to the climate-neutral cement plant in Lägerdorf, test projects are also currently underway at the other cement plants in Höver (Lower Saxony) and Beckum (North Rhine-Westphalia). These are also to be converted with technologies for capturing and processing CO2.
