Cemex and Orcan Energy have announced a large-scale partnership to decarbonize cement production through waste heat recovery. Building on the initial waste heat recovery collaboration at the cement plant in Rüdersdorf, Germany, the partners will now start to exploit Orcan Energy’s flexible and modular technology for Cemex globally. The goal of this multi-site portfolio approach is to convert large waste heat volumes into clean energy, profitably reducing carbon emissions for Cemex overall.

Cemex and Orcan Energy AG (the leading cleantech company turning waste heat into clean electricity), will analyze the scale-up of the heat-to-power solutions pioneered by Orcan Energy in parallel at several Cemex plants, to capitalize on the benefits resulting from a portfolio of installations. The representative findings will be collected to draw a holistic picture for an upcoming global waste heat recovery program. The portfolio approach with detailed multi-site data collection allows the partners to efficiently and quickly, deploy Orcan Energy’s modular applications, at scale, in the second phase of the collaboration.

Sergio Menéndez, President of Cemex Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia, said: “We already have an initial collaboration with Orcan. Based on the modularity of their solution, Orcan offers the flexibility of both installation and contracts. Thanks to this crucial flexibility, we can adapt to any upcoming changes in our plants. The approach enables us to reduce carbon emissions right now without limiting ourselves in implementing any future technologies such as Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage. This partnership will help us achieve our sustainability targets and contribute to our aim to use all available heat.”

You can read the full press release here.