Foundation for Society: Leilac CEO discusses cement decarbonisation with Vinzero
Leilac CEO, Daniel Rennie talks to VinZero’s Think Future podcast about the challenge of addressing the unavoidable carbon emissions released in the production of cement, and how Leilac is working with the cement industry to help decarbonise this essential, yet hard-to-abate sector.
Leilac announces global licence agreement with Heidelberg Materials and three new projects with CEMEX
The innovative licence agreement for Leilac’s ground-breaking technology applies to any Heidelberg Materials facility where the Leilac decarbonisation technology is installed. Heidelberg Materials operates 149 cement plants across 5 continents. “It forms the basis for the technology’s use throughout Heidelberg Materials, providing a model for the commercialisation of the technology at global scale. Together, Leilac […]
Boral and Adbri Join Forces with Calix on Carbon Capture Projects
Government grants and partnerships with Adbri and Boral advance Calix’s Low Emissions Lime And Cement (LEILAC) technology in Australia and score a world-first Following on from LEILAC’s success in Europe, Australia is set to host the world’s first commercial-scale process for the manufacture of low emissions lime. Calix has been awarded an $11 million grant […]
Leilac Roadmap 2050
LEILAC is a high potential cost-effective path to zero and negative carbon emissions lime and cement production There has been a demonstrable global commitment to respond to the threat of climate change. To achieve the ambitious target of minimising global heating to 1.5°C, fundamental changes are needed to reduce the CO2 that our society emits. […]
LEILAC-2 Pre-FEED Report
This report initially provides a high-level overview of the pre-FEED phase results, covering the background, risks, project rationale, design basis, engineering, conclusions, and next steps. The major conclusions is that LEILAC2 has been comprehensively reviewed, and approved by the project’s General Assembly. The project will now enter the next stage of development – Front End […]
LEILAC: capturing CO2 in Cement Precalciners
Daniel Rennie, Calix, explains how new technology is helping plants capture emissions directly from the precalciner, paving the way towards scalable CO2 capture for the cement industry. Industry’s Decarbonisation vision The adoption of the Paris Agreement, ratified by 175 countries, provided the clear objective of keeping a global temperature rise of well below 2 degrees […]
“Direct Climate Action” feat. James O’Loghlin & Daniel Rennie
Welcome to the third Episode of INNOVATING FOR THE EARTH with innovation expert and radio and TV presenter James O’Loghlin In the third Episode of INNOVATING FOR THE EARTH, innovation expert and radio and TV presenter James O’Loghlin talks with Daniel Rennie, the General Manager of Cement Decarbonisation at Calix about how Calix Carbon Capture […]
Project LEILAC Update July 2021
What is the LEILAC-1 project, and why was it successful? The LEILAC-1 project involved the construction of a pilot plant at the HeidelbergCement plant in Lixhe, Belgium. Extensive research, development and engineering was necessary to design and construct the first-of-a-kind pilot – involving the dedicated, flexible, and professional inputs from all the project’s partners: Calix, […]
Important Milestones for Project LEILAC
Phil Hodgson, MD of Calix and Chairman of the LEILAC-2 Executive Board, said: “We welcome HeidelbergCement’s commitment to their Hanover site as another crucial milestone in the project, and we look forward to working with HeidelbergCement and our other LEILAC-2 partners to make the project a success, and demonstrate at meaningful scale the ability of […]
LEILAC Project Update: Technology Development
De-risking approach The design programme and the development of the technical components of the demonstration plant, is founded on a de-risking approach. This focuses on identifying and effectively tracking and seeking to mitigate risks, allocating resources and funding, and identifying parallel projects and test campaigns to de-risk high priority areas. In this way the LEILAC […]
