en.Wedoany.com Reported - Although carbon capture projects in the cement industry are already operational, the latest analysis indicates that by 2035, the emission reduction contributions of these facilities will be extremely limited, with the total captured CO₂ expected to account for less than 2% of the industry's emissions.

The world's first commercial-scale cement carbon capture facility has been commissioned in Norway, where Heidelberg Materials' Brevik plant can capture approximately 400,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually.

Currently, over 175 cement carbon capture projects are at various stages of development worldwide, with 38 projects expected to enter commercial operation by 2035.

LeadIT analyst Perez Yeptho stated that scale remains a key challenge: "When all currently planned projects are fully operational, the captured emissions by 2035 will still account for less than 2% of the industry's total emissions, highlighting a critical gap between ambition and impact."

Scaling up carbon capture heavily depends on policy support and shared CO₂ transport network infrastructure. Several major CCS projects are expected to come online from 2026 onward, including Heidelberg Materials' facility in Edmonton, Canada, which has a planned annual capture capacity of over 1 million tonnes of CO₂.

Cement production accounts for 8% of global CO₂ emissions, making the industry one of the priority areas for industrial decarbonization.

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