CO2 Capture, Use, and Storage in the Cement Industry: State of the Art and Expectations

The implementation of carbon capture, use, and storage in the cement industry is a necessity, not an option, if the climate targets are to be met. Although no capture technology has reached commercial scale demonstration in the cement sector yet, much progress has been made in the last decade. This work intends to provide a general overview of the CO2 capture technologies that have been evaluated so far in the cement industry at the pilot scale, and also about the current plans for future commercial demonstration.S.M. acknowledges the award of an Introduction to Research fellowship (grant number: JAEICU-19-INCAR-26) from the JAE Intro ICUs Programme of the Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). M.G.P. acknowledges support from the Ramon y Cajal Programme (grant number: RyC-2015-17516) of the Government of Spain, co-financed by the European Social Fund. Financial support from the Government of the Principado de Asturias (PCTI, grant number: IDI/2018/000115), co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), is also acknowledged.Peer reviewe