Our Decarbonization Project for Holcim Cement Production Facility in Obourg, Belgium
10/10/2022
On September 2022, TotalEnergies and Holcim signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly study the complete decarbonization of the Obourg cement plant near Mons, in Belgium. The infographics below presents the various solutions will be assessed for reducing, capturing, sequestering and/or efficiently utilizing the facility's emissions.
Infographic describing the transformation cycle project of the Obourg cement plant conducted jointly by Holcim and TotalEnergies to make it a completely carbon-free site.
To achieve this, Holcim will be responsible for capturing and purifying the CO2 from the cement plant using an air-oxyfuel switchable kiln. Once the CO2 has been captured, there are two possibilities:
- TotalEnergies will take care of transporting the CO2 to a new electrolyser. This infrastructure will enable the CO2 from the cement plant to be converted into green hydrogen.
- The CO2 is transported and stored by TotalEnergies in a CO2 storage hub and then in a geological CO2 storage area in the North Sea.
In addition to producing e-fuel, the electrolyser will also be used to power the cement plant’s air-oxyfuel switchable kiln.
Finally, a new renewable electricity production capacity in the North Sea will supply the cement plant and the new electrolyser with renewable electricity, contributing to the decarbonization of the Olbourg site.
