Heidelberg Materials wins EU funding for four CCS projects

Heidelberg Materials has secured four new grants from the EU Innovation Fund to accelerate carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects in Belgium, France, Italy and Poland. The funding will drive large-scale emissions reduction and expand access to the company’s evoZero carbon captured near-zero products across Europe.

The selected projects — Anthemis (Belgium), AirvaultGOCO₂ (France), DREAM (Italy) and HuCCSar (Poland) — were chosen under the Innovation Fund’s Net-Zero Technologies Call, which supports industrial decarbonisation projects with strong potential to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

“This is a great day for the company and for the decarbonisation of the cement industry in Europe,” said Dr Dominik von Achten, chairman of Heidelberg Materials. “The support from the Innovation Fund confirms we are on the right track following the successful launch of Brevik CCS and our recent investment decision for Padeswood CCS in the UK.”

Each project will deploy innovative carbon capture systems capable of removing up to 1 million tonnes of CO₂ a year, with captured carbon transported for permanent storage under the North Sea or Adriatic. In Poland, the HuCCSar initiative will establish the country’s first onshore CCS value chain.

Heidelberg Materials said the funding reinforces its leadership in cement decarbonisation and marks another step towards the large-scale rollout of net-zero cement production across its European operations.

Caption: Heidelberg Materials’ Brevik CCS facility in Norway laid the groundwork for the company’s next generation of carbon capture projects across Europe.