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Carbon Dioxide Uptake in the Roadmap 2050 of the Spanish Cement Industry

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  • Miguel Angel Sanjuán

    (Spanish Institute of Cement and its Applications (IECA), C/José Abascal, 53, 28003 Madrid, Spain)

  • Cristina Argiz

    (Civil Engineering School, Technical University of Madrid, C/Profesor Aranguren, 3, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Pedro Mora

    (Department of Geological and Mines Engineering, Mine and Energy Engineering School, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), C/Ríos Rosas, 21, 28003 Madrid, Spain)

  • Aniceto Zaragoza

    (Oficemen, C/José Abascal, 53, 28003 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

The European Green Deal and its endeavors will make rapid and far-reaching decisions with major implications for the European cement industry in the short- and longer-term. Accordingly, new measures should be dealt with quickly and effectively to minimize the adverse impact on global warming and global climate change by this sector. The aim of this study is to show and assess the measures to be undertaken to reach carbon neutrality by the Spanish cement industry by 2050. They may be categorized into three broad types based on the main materials: clinker, cement, and concrete. The cement sector must implement breakthrough initiatives, inventions, and technologies regarding the clinker and cement production processes. Furthermore, carbon dioxide uptake by cement-based materials must be considered to achieve the carbon neutrality objective. Accordingly, two methodologies named simplified and advanced, consistent with Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories elaborated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), were selected to model the carbon offsetting by mortars and concretes. Finally, the existing climate change mitigation technologies available in Spain are insufficient to reach the net zero carbon footprint. Therefore, breakthrough technologies such as novel and efficient carbon dioxide capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies should be implemented by the Spanish cement industry to achieve zero carbon dioxide emissions in 2050.

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  • Miguel Angel Sanjuán & Cristina Argiz & Pedro Mora & Aniceto Zaragoza, 2020. "Carbon Dioxide Uptake in the Roadmap 2050 of the Spanish Cement Industry," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-18, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:13:p:3452-:d:379971
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    1. Carmen Andrade & Miguel Ángel Sanjuán, 2018. "Updating Carbon Storage Capacity of Spanish Cements," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-15, December.
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