he groundbreaking advancement is an important element of CEMEX’s current Climate Action strategy. Synhelion, based in Switzerland, is a global pioneer in the field of sustainable solar fuels and process heat.
The radically new approach is based on replacing the use of fossil fuels in cement plants with high-temperature solar heat, and capturing 100% of the carbon emissions, which are then utilised as feedstock for fuel production, enabling cement manufacturing to achieve net-zero level. This is made possible by the unprecedented temperature levels of solar heat provided by Synhelion’s technology and its pioneering process to turn CO₂ into synthetic drop-in fuels, such as kerosene, diesel, and gasoline.