en.Wedoany.com Reported - Holcim has launched an industrial-scale carbon capture testing platform called CaptureLab at its Martres-Tolosane plant in France, designed to test and validate advanced carbon capture technologies under real-world conditions in collaboration with key partners.
Developed by Holcim's R&D teams in Switzerland and France, CaptureLab is available for the company as well as equipment manufacturers, startups, and researchers to test breakthrough carbon capture technologies applied to cement production. Covering an area of 2,500 square meters, the platform can analyze and process real exhaust gases from the cement industry, primarily composed of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, water, and trace impurities.
The platform adopts a plug-and-play architecture that accommodates different capture systems, which can be easily connected to Holcim's Martres-Tolosane plant. Ram Muthu, Head of Operational Excellence at Holcim Group, stated that CaptureLab establishes a unique facility to test and scale up cutting-edge carbon capture technologies with key partners through an agile and open innovation model. Validated technologies will be deployed in the company's own plants to advance the industry's decarbonization roadmap and help produce near-zero cement. Muthu noted that CaptureLab will advance the company's vision of becoming a leading partner in sustainable construction.
In the initial phase of CaptureLab's launch, Holcim is operating the platform, with the first pilot project being carried out by Air Liquide, a leader in industrial and medical gases, technology, and services. The platform allows partners to test and validate current or next-generation technologies at scale under real operating conditions, including cryogenic processing, chemical absorption, physical adsorption, membrane separation, or biological processes.
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