Slite CCS
Heidelberg Materials · Slite · SE · Cement and concrete · decarbonisation
Paused
Slite CCS is Heidelberg Materials' cement project at Slite, Sweden.
Why it matters
Work has stopped, and the reason is in its history below.
- Slite CCS was paused on 19 November 2025. as of 2025-11-19
- It is at Slite, Sweden. as of 2026-01-01
- It uses post-combustion carbon capture and CO2 transport and storage. as of 2026-01-01
- No committed public money is on file for it. as of 2026-01-01
Status
- Announced
- Funded
- FID taken
- In construction
- Paused2025-11-19
- 2025-11-19PausedPaused after the Swedish Energy Agency rejected the co-financing application under the Industrial Step programme.source
Technology and measures
- 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.
Funding
No public capital recorded for this project.
Sources
- Heidelberg Materials pauses Slite CCS projectGlobal Cement · 2025-11-19
- Heidelberg Materials withdraws Slite CCS permit applicationGlobal Cement · 2026-01-01