cement

Conventional cement

Blue cement Potential

Blue cement Market Interventions

Blue cement Market Penetration

Conventional cement Production

Geospatial view of integrated cement plants

Actual production capacity (tonnes/year)

Carbon Emissions from Conventional cement Production

CO₂ Emissions (Tonnes CO₂/year)

cement production is a major CO₂ emitter, and the emissions hotspots overlap with high-capacity production zones. These are the areas where decarbonisation efforts can yield the highest climate benefits. This sets the stage for CCS deployment: by capturing emissions from these high-impact sites, we can produce blue cement while retaining existing infrastructure.

Economics of Blue cement Production

Average blue cement production cost ($/year)

Maximum blue cement production cost ($/year)

Minimum blue cement production cost ($/year)

Blue cement Carbon Emissions Abatement Potential

CO₂ emissions from blue cement (Tonnes CO₂/year)

While integrating CCS into conventional cement production significantly reduces emissions, the resulting increase in production costs renders blue cement economically unviable in the absence of strong market-based interventions to generate sufficient demand-pull

What is the impact of today’s market-based interventions on blue cement economic viability?

Existing carbon tax ($/tonne CO₂)

How much impact can market-based interventions have on blue cement economic viability?

ETS cap allowance (tonne CO₂/year)

How much impact does today’s market-based interventions have on blue cement economic viability?

Total market-based incentives ($/year)

Total market-based disincentives ($/year)

Distribution of incentives and disincentives ($/year)

Funding gaps ($/year)

Total Cost of CCUS Technology ($/year)

How much CO₂ can we cost-effectively capture from integrated cement plants based on today’s market-based interventions

Policy driven CO₂ capture (tonnes/year)

Policy driven CO₂ capture (tonnes/year) Vs CO₂ Emissions (Tonnes CO₂/year)