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Heidelberg Materials North America has announced its selection for award negotiations to potentially receive up to $500 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) Industrial Demonstrations Program (IDP). The initiative aims to propel the integration of full-scale carbon capture, transport and storage at the state-of-the-art cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana. This funding opportunity builds upon previous DOE support, which has been instrumental in successfully completing the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) work required to validate the project's technical feasibility.
The application, submitted in 2023, involves Heidelberg Materials committing significant cost-share efforts, leveraging up to $500 million in DOE project funding. This selection forms part of DOE's Industrial Demonstrations Program, which allocates up to a total of $6 billion to demonstrate commercial-scale decarbonization solutions crucial for transitioning energy-intensive industries towards net-zero emissions nationwide. It stands among 33 projects chosen across 20 states under this program.
The modernized Mitchell cement plant, boasting a capacity more than triple its previous capability, incorporates energy-efficient features and facilitates the utilization of alternative fuels and raw materials to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. The proposed project associated with this funding will aim to capture, treat, and prepare approximately 2 million tons of CO2 annually from the cement plant for storage or utilization.
“This substantial federal funding will help create the first full-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage on a cement plant in the U.S.,” said Chris Ward, president and CEO of Heidelberg Materials North America. “Through this project at the Mitchell facility, Heidelberg Materials is investing in leading the development and application of CCUS in our industry, and successful implementation of this technology at scale will play a critical role in achieving our goal of decarbonization.”