Houston-based Cemex Inc. said today it has been chosen by the Department of Energy to develop technology to capture and store carbon dioxide emissions at one of its U.S. cement plants.
Cemex said it will work with RTI International, a North Carolina-based nonprofit research institute, and others to design a dry sorbent CO2 capture and compression system; a pipeline, if necessary; and an injection station.
The so-called carbon capture and sequestration technology may remove up to a million tons of CO2 annually, according to Cemex. A company spokeswoman said Cemex has not yet chosen the plant where the technology will be used.
DOE will provide $1.14 million and Cemex will provide 20 percent of the funding for the first phase of its project, the company said.
Cemex Inc. is a division of Mexico-based building materials giant Cemex SAB de CV. (AP)
