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Q&A: Why cement emissions matter for climate change
A builder directs wet concrete from a cement truck into the foundations of a large building. Credit: Peter Righteous/Alamy Stock Photo. First published here . If the cement industry were a country, it…
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Deep decarbonisation of industry: The cement sector
Headlines Fossil fuel combustion to meet heating needs accounts for 35% of cement’s CO2 emissions. The remaining 65% are due to direct process emissions, which must also be addressed. The biomass use…
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Emissions Impacts of Alternative Fuels Combustion in the Cement Industry
Authors: Ali Hasanbeigi, Navdeep Bhadbhade With over 7% of global CO2 emissions, decarbonization of the cement industry will play a key role in achieving the Paris Climate Agreement targets. The deep…
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Utilities large missed opportunity: Demand Response in manufacturing
Demand Response (DR) helps utilities to manage the peak electricity demand by temporarily shifting the demand on the consumer side instead of building new power plants to meet the short-time peak…
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Infographic: Energy Use and Emissions in the Cement Industry
Infographic: Energy Use and Emissions in the Cement Industry The cement industry is one of the most energy-intensive and highest CO2 emitting industries and one of the key industrial contributors to…
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Salonit Anhovo is the leading cement manufacturer in Slovenia. As an environmentally and energy-friendly company, Salonit decided to carry out an energy management project. The project included an introduction to energy management systems and energy optimization in cement manufacturing. It is a large industrial area and LoRaWAN communication was the only suitable alternative to the classical wired…
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District heating: balancing green energy with end-user needs
As district heating companies search for new sources of low-carbon energy to distribute to customers, they find themselves serving both energy supplier and end-user. What challenges does their…
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Industrial heat: An emission free energy source
Heat is a form of energy that is all around us. There’s heat from the sun (solar thermal), and from the earth (geothermal), but for this post, I want to talk about industrial heat - heat that is a…
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This short case study shows how data mining has led to significant and recurrent savings in a cement plant located in Belgium. In this example, the fueling of the multi-step-heating process of production lines was analyzed and optimized. A good case to show that data analytics might be capable to deliver the next step in energy efficiency.
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Reflections on the European Commission’s proposal for a European Green Deal
If we are in a climate crisis, it is time to leave no stone unturned. In the 1970s, there were two major oil crises and action was mobilised on many fronts. The International Energy Agency was created…
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