Mortar cubes rest in the product lab at Fortera’s facility in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, April 10, 2024. The cement industry is one of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide and is responsible for about 8% of global emissions each year. Fortera, a clean tech company whose technology captures carbon emissions from kilns and feeds it back in to the process, is opening its first commercial scale operation on Thursday, April 12, 2024, in California.
There is “pretty much a cement plant every 250 miles in the world,” he said, and most are located near a limestone quarry. Because it works with these existing plants and uses the same material the industry already uses, Fortera says its technology is an economically competitive option to quickly prevent carbon emissions from warming the planet.
Materials rest in an area used for the ReCarb process at Fortera’s facility in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, April 10, 2024. The cement industry is one of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide and is responsible for about 8% of global emissions each year. Fortera, a clean tech company whose technology captures carbon emissions from kilns and feeds it back in to the process, is opening its first commercial scale operation on Thursday, April 12, 2024, in California.
A concrete cylinder is removed after being tested for compressive strength at Fortera’s facility in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, April 10, 2024. The cement industry is one of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide and is responsible for about 8% of global emissions each year. Fortera, a clean tech company whose technology captures carbon emissions from kilns and feeds it back in to the process, is opening its first commercial scale operation on Thursday, April 12, 2024, in California.