Technology Roadmap Low-Carbon Transition in the Cement Industry

Technology Roadmap
Low-Carbon Transition in the Cement Industry
Since the publication of the 
Cement Technology 
Roadmap 2009: Carbon Emissions Reductions up 
to 2050 
(IEA and WBCSD, 2009), the CSI and the 
IEA have continued to work with global private 
and public stakeholders to adapt the findings to 
specific national and regional contexts, to scale 
up the impact in the cement sector globally.
India (6% of global cement production in 
2014).
The IEA and WBCSD-CSI engaged with 
Indian partners such as the Confederation of 
Indian Industry and the National Council of 
Cement and Building Materials, and obtained 
financial support from the International 
Finance Corporation to develop the 
Technology 
Roadmap: Low-Carbon Technology for the Indian 
Cement Industry
(IEA and WBCSD, 2013). The 
2013 roadmap outlined four key levers and 
policy and financial support necessary to 
reduce CO
2
emissions within the Indian cement 
manufacturing process in line with the 2DS. 
To facilitate implementation of this roadmap, 
various plants conducted feasibility studies 
to gain site-level insights of the opportunities 
for deployment at the national level. This 
assessment led to the identification of over 
300 projects suitable for energy savings, with 
a total carbon emissions reduction potential 
of 508 762 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year 
(tCO
2
/yr). Nearly 30% of this potential was 
already achieved by early 2017. Members of CSI 
India have been able to save USD 8.5 million 
in energy costs through projects identified in 
these studies. The programme has incentivised 
carbon mitigation actions outside India, with 
the last beneficiary of the programme being 
located in Nepal. CSI India is collaborating with 
the IEA to develop a first-of-a-kind exercise to 
track the progress of the Indian cement industry 
upon completion of the five years since the 
publication of the 2013 roadmap (CII, WBCSD 
and IEA, forthcoming). This exercise will help in 
reorienting action plans in terms of technical, 
financial and policy actions needed to achieve 
further milestones towards low-carbon growth 
of the Indian cement industry. 
Brazil (2% of global cement production in 
2014). 
The CSI and IEA are partnering with 
local private stakeholders (Sindicato Nacional 
da Indústria do Cimento and Associação 
Brasileira de Cimento Portland) to develop 
a low-carbon technology roadmap specific 
to the Brazilian cement industry. This will 
outline technology strategies and supportive 
regulatory frameworks needs to enable CO
2
emissions reductions in the Brazilian cement 
industry consistent with at least a 50% chance 
of limiting the average global temperature 
increase to 2°C.
Latin America (4% of global cement 
production in 2014).
The Federación 
Interamericana del Cemento is engaging 
with the WBCSD-CSI and the IEA to develop 
a set of tools to support cement industries in 
Latin America. This will identify energy savings 
and CO
2
mitigation potentials, as well as 
supportive regulatory mechanisms, based on 
the areas for action identified by the 
Cement 
Technology Roadmap 2009
and encompassing 
technology papers. This project aims to 
contribute to addressing the regional needs for 
adaptation to the effects of climate change.