GO4ZERO
Holcim · Obourg · BE · Cement and concrete · decarbonisation
In construction€500 m total investment
GO4ZERO is Holcim's cement project at Obourg, Belgium.
Why it matters
It is being built.
- GO4ZERO went into construction on 16 May 2024. as of 2024-05-16
- It is at Obourg, Belgium. as of 2024-05-16
- It uses oxyfuel carbon capture and CO2 transport and storage. as of 2024-05-16
- No committed public money is on file for it. as of 2024-05-16
Status
- Announced
- Funded
- FID taken
- In construction2024-05-16
- 2024-05-16In constructionGroundbreaking on phase one; plant engineered to produce 2 million tons of net-zero cement per annum by 2029.source
Technology and measures
- Oxyfuel carbon capturedemonstrationThe kiln is fired with oxygen rather than air, so the flue gas is concentrated CO2 and needs far less separation, at the price of rebuilding the kiln rather than bolting equipment onto it.
- 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.
Funding
- undisclosedEU 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.Holcim's release records selection for an Innovation Fund grant and states no figure. The Commission's own award tables would carry it.source