{"id":72075,"date":"2020-02-19T11:49:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T11:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=72075"},"modified":"2020-02-19T11:49:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T11:49:03","slug":"fuel-switching-decarbonisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/construction-technology-news\/fuel-switching-decarbonisation\/72075\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel switching decarbonisation projects secure \u00a36.02m award"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mineralproducts.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mineral Products Association<\/a> (MPA) has secured a \u00a36.02m BEIS award to demonstrate the potential of hydrogen and plasma technology to reduce carbon emissions through fuel switching<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<\/a> (BEIS) has awarded the MPA for groundbreaking demonstrations of hydrogen and plasma technology. The project will demonstrate the potential of these technologies to reduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/carbon-storage-construction\/58952\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carbon emissions<\/a> through fuel switching from fossil fuels in cement and lime production.<\/p>\n<h3>Cement trials<\/h3>\n<p>The cement trials will take place at sites operated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarmac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tarmac<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanson.co.uk\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hanson Cement<\/a>. The cement production trial comprises two demonstrations, one of electrical plasma energy and biomass fuel and the other of hydrogen and biomass energy.<\/p>\n<h3>Lime production trials<\/h3>\n<p>The UK lime production trials will take place at a site operated by Tarmac &#8211; demonstrating the applicability of hydrogen as an alternative to natural gas for lime manufacturing. Both projects will see their results shared to their wider industries and supply chains, to spread the benefit to UK and global industry, and maximise the environmental benefit of the technology. The MPA projects are forecast to be completed by the end of March 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for business, energy and clean growth, Kwasi Kwarteng, said: &#8220;Reducing emissions from homes and industry is a key part of our work to eliminate our contribution to climate change by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This innovative project by MPA and its members is an exciting development and could make a significant impact on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/retrofitting-existing-buildings\/71677\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">net-zero ambitions<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Jackson, MPA chief executive, said: &#8220;This important award demonstrates MPA members&#8217; commitment to collaborative research and innovation to meet the industry&#8217;s climate change objectives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to be able to facilitate this collaboration between our members and Government and it&#8217;s the latest example of our ongoing efforts to deliver our contribution to tackling climate change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr Richard Leese, director \u2013 industrial policy, energy and climate change, commented: &#8220;This fuel switching research is truly groundbreaking for the cement and lime industries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur members have made huge strides in reducing carbon emissions by using waste-derived and biomass fuels, and this research will be a cutting-edge demonstration of how it could be possible to operate cement and lime kilns with a &#8216;net zero&#8217; fuel mix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could be a significant step-change in emissions reduction with global deployment potential.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Achieving net-zero targets<\/h3>\n<p>Mike\u00a0Eberlin, managing director of Tarmac&#8217;s cement &amp; lime business, said: &#8220;Securing this funding is an extremely positive step for our industry as we support the UK&#8217;s ambition of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCollaborative working and embracing innovative technologies are key in our collective efforts to create a lower carbon,\u00a0resilient built environment and we&#8217;re proud to be\u00a0involved in such an important project which will help inform\u00a0industry and\u00a0Government\u00a0strategic plans on decarbonisation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hanson UK CEO Simon Willis, added: &#8220;We are delighted to be playing a leading role in this collaborative research project as part of our sector&#8217;s approach to find more sustainable manufacturing processes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cutting carbon emissions is a key priority for us at Hanson and our parent company Heidelberg Cement Group is the first in the industry to commit to producing carbon-neutral concrete by 2050 at the latest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These BEIS-funded research projects could represent a significant step-change in supporting the UK government&#8217;s sustainable development goals as it responds to climate change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has secured a \u00a36.02m BEIS award to demonstrate the potential of hydrogen and plasma technology to reduce carbon emissions through fuel switching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38487],"tags":[693,811,676,856,430,673,279,273,465],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-72075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-construction-technology-news","7":"tag-climate-change","8":"tag-concrete","9":"tag-construction","10":"tag-construction-technology","11":"tag-energy-efficiency","12":"tag-energy","13":"tag-environment","14":"tag-research-innovation","15":"tag-sustainable-construction"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fuel switching decarbonisation projects secure \u00a36.02m award<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The MPA has secured a \u00a36.02m BEIS award to demonstrate the potential of hydrogen and plasma technology to reduce carbon emissions through fuel switching\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/construction-technology-news\/fuel-switching-decarbonisation\/72075\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fuel switching decarbonisation projects secure \u00a36.02m BEIS award\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has secured a \u00a36.02m BEIS award to demonstrate the potential of hydrogen and plasma technology to reduce carbon emissions through fuel switching\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/construction-technology-news\/fuel-switching-decarbonisation\/72075\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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