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30 April 2021
Stephen Cousins
From AI-powered solar concentrators and hydrogen/plasma kilns to CO2 storage reservoirs, heavy industries are scaling up their efforts to slash emissions from energy intensive construction materials
Heliogen concentrates solar energy onto a target to generate temperatures of up to 1,500oC, enough to power heavy industry. Credit: HelioGEN
The government’s repeated refusal to block a planning application for a new coal mine in West Cumbria was condemned by many environmentalists and climate scientists as hypocritical given its previous commitment to create a green, industrial revolution and rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Support for the facility, which is intended to produce coking coal for use in steel production, seems unthinkable in the midst of a climate emergency (it has now finally been called for a planning inquiry), but is perhaps indicative of the difficulties associated with decarbonising heavy industrial processes.