Romania: Holcim Romania has signed a funding agreement with the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency for the Carbon Hub CPT01 carbon capture and storage project, supported by the EU Innovation Fund. Developed in partnership with Carmeuse, the project will capture CO₂ emissions from both cement and lime production for permanent geological storage. It will enable the production of approximately 2Mt/yr of ‘nearly zero-emission cement’ and 200,000t/yr of lime with ‘nearly zero emissions.’ The carbon capture system will process flue gases from the two sites located in the Câmpulung industrial area.
CEO of Holcim Romania Bogdan Dobre said “The signing of this financing agreement with CINEA marks a defining moment for our Carbon Hub CPT01 project and for the decarbonisation of the construction sector in Eastern Europe. Through this initiative, we aim to demonstrate that large-scale carbon capture can accelerate the transition to near-zero emission cement, while supporting Romania’s role in Europe’s climate and industrial transformation.”