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Solidia Presents Emissions Reductions and Carbon Utilization Technologies at International Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete Technology Conference

Solidia Presents Emissions Reductions and Carbon Utilization Technologies at International Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete Technology Conference

Published 07-02-19

Submitted by Solidia Technologies

CO2-cured Solidia Concrete™

Solidia Technologies® Chief Scientist Vahit Atakan, Ph.D presented technologies that lower carbon emissions and carbonate concrete during the first annual International Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete Technologies (ILCCC). Leaders in cement technologies from around the world gathered at the University of London to exchange the latest global scientific and technical achievements on low-carbon cement and concrete technologies in order to promote their wide industrial application.

Presenting Properties of Solidia Cement and Concrete, Dr. Atakan described Solidia Cement™ as a low-calcium silicate Cement (CSC) and offered details of the companion processes that enable the manufacture of a low-carbon, non-hydrating binder that reacts with carbon dioxide (COâ‚‚) as well as the concrete curing technology that enables the carbonation of concrete. He shared the results of tests at cement and concrete production facilities in the U.S. and Europe, enabled through a partnership with LafargeHolcim, and the current commercialization process for Solidia Cement and Solidia Concrete™, which are currently sold in the U.S.

“I’m so proud to have been a part of ILCCC, sitting side by side with other leaders who know how important this issue is,” said Dr. Atakan, a co-inventor of Solidia’s technologies. “Solidia's technologies are some of the few capable of having a lasting, meaningful and immediate impact on carbon pollution. As a global industry, we need to put these possibilities into practice.”

At 5-7% of global emissions, the manufacture of cement is the world’s second largest emitter of CO2. Solidia lowers the emissions in the production of Solidia Cement and consumes CO2 in the curing of Solidia Concrete. At scale each year, Solidia’s technologies will be able to reduce the carbon footprint up to 70% (equaling 1.5 gigatons or ~4% of the world’s CO2 emissions) compared to Portland Cement-based concrete.

Dr. Atakan joined keynote speakers Fredrik Glasser of University of Aberdeen, Karen Scrivener of EPFL, Changwen Miao of Southeast University, Johann Plank of Technische Universität München, Barbara Lothenbach of EMPA, Caijun Shi of Hunan University, Mark Tyrer of Coventry University, Muhammed Basheer of University of Leeds, Thomas Matschei of University of Applied Sciences Dresden (HTW Dresden), Tongbo Sui of Sinoma International Engineering, and Mohsen Ben Haha of HeidelbergCement

The primary themes of the conference included: "‹

  • Manufacturing Portland cement in low-carbon and an energy saving way;

  • Low-carbon cement and concrete technology based on non-Portland cement systems (e.g., alkali-activated cement and concrete, calcium sulfoaluminate, and MgO-based systems, etc.);

  • Chemical admixtures for low-carbon cement and concrete;

  • Durability of low-carbon concrete; and,

  • Standards and specifications for low-carbon cement and concrete.

Solidia was also a gold-level sponsor of the ILCCC.

Solidia’s investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersBright CapitalBASFBPLafargeHolcimTotal Energy VenturesOil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) Climate InvestmentsAir LiquideBill Joy and other private investors. 

Solidia’s R&D collaborators have included LafargeHolcim, Air Liquide, CDS Group, DOT’s Federal Highway Administration, DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, the EPA, Rutgers University, Purdue University, Ohio University, and the University of South Florida.

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About Solidia Technologies®

Based in Piscataway, N.J. (USA), Solidia Technologies® is a cement and concrete technology company that makes it easy and profitable to use CO2 to create superior and sustainable building materials. Honors include: 2016 Sustainia100; 2015 NJBiz Business of the Year; 2014 Global Cleantech 100; 2013 R&D Top 100; 2014 Best Place to Work in NJ; 2014 CCEMC Grand Challenge First Round finalist; 2013 Katerva Award finalist; and MIT’s Climate CoLab shortlist. Follow Solidia Technologies at www.solidiatech.com and on LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter: @SolidiaCO2.

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Solidia Technologies® is a cement and concrete technology company that makes it easy and profitable to use CO2 to create superior and sustainable building and construction materials.

Solidia’s patented processes start with an energy-saving cement that dramatically reduces CO2 emissions at the kiln. It then cures concrete with CO2 instead of water, reducing the overall carbon footprint of cement in precast concrete up to 70%.

At scale each year, Solidia precast can eliminate at least 1.5 gigatonnes of CO₂, save three trillion liters of fresh water, reduce energy consumption equal to ~260 million barrels of oil, and eliminate 100 million tonnes of concrete landfill waste.

Solidia's ready-mix applications go even further, offering the potential to transform concrete – the second most utilized material on the planet – into a carbon sink.

Produced using the same raw materials and existing equipment, Solidia products are higher performing and cost less to produce than traditional concrete, and cure in less than 24 hours. Solidia offers industry an easy-to-adopt, rapid and globally scalable response to one of the greatest threats to our planet.

Solidia Concrete for precast is currently available in the US. The ready-mix applications are currently in tests for infrastructure applications.

Based in Piscataway, N.J. (USA), Solidia’s investors include Kleiner PerkinsBright CapitalBASFBPLafargeHolcimTotal Energy VenturesOil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) Climate InvestmentsAir LiquideBill Joy and other private investors.

Solidia’s R&D collaborators have included LafargeHolcimAir LiquideDOT’s Federal Highway AdministrationDOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, the EPARutgers UniversityPurdue UniversityOhio University, and the University of South Florida.

Honors include: the 2020, 2019 and 2014 Global Cleantech 100; a 2020 and 2014 Best Place to Work in NJ; 2020, 2019 and 2018 BP Advancing Low Carbon accreditation; the 2019 Solar Impulse 1000 Efficient Solutions; 2017 ERA Grand Challenge (formerly CCEMC) finalist; 2016 Sustainia 100; 2015 NJBiz Business of the Year;  2014 CCEMC Grand Challenge finalist; 2013 R&D Top 100; 2013 Katerva Award finalist; and MIT’s Climate CoLab shortlist.

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