GeZero

Heidelberg Materials · Geseke · DE · Cement and concrete · decarbonisation

Funded700,000 tonnes CO2 captured per year

GeZero is Heidelberg Materials' cement project at Geseke, Germany.

Why it matters

It has money awarded and has not taken a final investment decision.

GeZero was awarded public funding on 15 December 2023. as of 2023-12-15
It is at Geseke, Germany. as of 2023-12-15
It uses post-combustion carbon capture and CO2 transport and storage. as of 2023-12-15
It is built for 700,000 tonnes CO2 captured per year. as of 2023-12-15
€0 million of public money has been committed to it. as of 2023-12-15

2023-12-15FundedInnovation Fund grant of €191 million; construction stated to start in 2026 and commissioning in 2029.source

Post-combustion carbon captureearly-commercialCO2 is separated from the kiln's flue gas after combustion, using an amine or solvent process bolted onto an existing plant, which is what makes it the retrofit route for kilns that are not being rebuilt.
CO2 transport and storageearly-commercialThe pipelines, ships, terminals and permitted geological stores that a captured tonne has to reach before it counts as abated, and which no single cement plant can build for itself.

€191 mEU Innovation Fundapprovedets:FND-03Awarded under the Innovation Fund as it stands today (Art. 10a(8) of Directive 2003/87/EC). The register carries the Fund through the ETS revision's Art. 10cb, which re-establishes it, so ets:FND-03 is the register's handle on the programme rather than the provision this award was made under.“the Innovation Fund will provide a total of €191 million in financing to Heidelberg Materials to realise the project.”source