Cement
In the public perception of industry sectors and climate change, there are a number of usual suspects: electricity generation, mobility, aviation. But one of the largest contributors to global emissions is the cement industry and its decarbonization pathway is particularly difficult to solve. With two-thirds of the carbon emissions resulting from the manufacturing process, it takes truly disruptive approaches to tackle the topic.
Moderator: João Saint-Aubyn | VP for Analytics Strategy | Wiimer
Claude Lorea | Cement Director | Global Cement and Concrete Association
Claude leads all aspects of the Global Cement and Concrete Association’s (GCCA) work related to cement and works to continuously improve the sustainability performance of the industry through innovation and developing and sharing good practices and global guidelines. Claude’s previous role was at the European cement industry body, CEMBUREAU, where she was Deputy Chief Executive and Industrial Affairs Director. She has a strong knowledge of the EU and international regulatory and legislative processes as well as the cement industry and contributes to the development of strategies in order to ensure that the cement industry evolves in a sustainable manner within an appropriate framework and through advances in efficiency and technology.
Juan Pablo Rincon Duarte | Researcher | German Aerospace Center
Juan Pablo Rincon Duarte is a Researcher at the German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) Institute of Future Fuels, where his main research focus lies in Carbon Capture and Storage using CSP and CaO looping cycle. He has a Master’s degree in Regenerative Energy Systems from the Technical University Berlin. As part of his work at the German Aerospace Center, Juan is working on CemSol, a project investigating how a solar thermal plant can supply the high-temperature heat for the calcination of calcium carbonate, an energy-intensive sub-step in the production of cement. The project aims to show that a solar-heated calcination unit is technically feasible on an industrial scale and can be operated economically. By using solar thermal energy instead of fossil fuels, large amounts of CO2 emissions can be avoided.
Stephan Oehme | Consultant Construction Equipment and Plant Engineering | VDMA
