Cement manufacturing accounts for 7% of greenhouse gas emissions, three times more than all commercial flights on the planet. This is why the Heidelberg factory in Brevik, Norway, plans to use the Northern Lights project to capture 50% of the CO2 emitted by its chimneys.
The gas will be isolated from the rest of the emissions, then cooled and liquefied before being shipped by special ships to western Norway. In France, Dunkirk and Fos-sur-Mer, two port areas representing almost half of industrial CO2 emissions, will also benefit from an allocation of 17 million euros.