Once the Federal Ministry of Economics had approved the project, it commenced in August 2020. The total amount of funding is around €36.5 million. Since then, various large and small sub-projects have been running in the WESTKÜSTE100 real-life laboratory. The sub-project OXYFUEL100 was successfully completed in mid-April 2021. At the Lägerdorf cement plant, two comprehensive studies were carried out under the direction of Holcim to prepare investments for the conversion to an oxyfuel process (technology partners thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions and Linde). In addition to the oxyfuel process, the technical and economic feasibility of the downstream CO2 extraction, processing and forwarding was examined. The results of the feasibility study from the real laboratory are extremely positive.
Emily Thomas
Deputy Editor
Emily joined Palladian Publications in October 2019 after graduating from the University of Birmingham with a degree in English Language. She is now working as a Deputy Editor for World Fertilizer and Oilfield Technology magazine.
Outside of work, Emily enjoys going to gigs, sipping on cocktails, and adding to her ever-expanding collection of houseplants and cacti.
