CEMEX
Zacua Ventures aims to tackle the construction industry’s biggest challenges in sustainability, productivity and urbanisation
The trucks are powered by compressed natural gas or renewable natural gas, with a carbon footprint that is around 25% lower than diesel trucks they are replacing
These are 25% less carbon intensive than the previous diesel vehicles
It is using Climafuel, a waste-derived fuel made using household residual and commercial waste that would otherwise go to landfills, at its new facility at its Rugby cement plant
It will deploy innovative technologies to transport CEMEX’s Rüdersdorf plant into the ‘first’ carbon-neutral cement facility by 2030
The ‘world first’ innovation is said to be an initial step to develop fully solar-driven cement plants
It has 80% less carbon and the remainder is offset
It will introduce low carbon construction vehicles in its businesses across Europe
The plant will begin by capturing 100 tonnes of carbon each day, with hope that this will increase to 300 tonnes in the coming years
ENGIE will continue to supply the building materials solutions supplier with 100% renewable electricity supply in the UK