European Union awards mex and WtEnergy Advanced Solutions grant for waste-to-syngas in Spain

In Spain, the European Union has awarded Cemex and WtEnergy Advanced Solutions a €4.4 million grant for the implementation of a novel waste-to-fuel technology utilizing synthetic gas at its Alicante cement plant in Spain. The project has been cataloged as “the first of its kind” for the cement industry by the European Union. 

The technology, named “Clyngas,” was developed by WtEnergy and substitutes fossil fuels with synthetic gas derived from waste and byproducts from other industries, substantially reducing the carbon footprint of cement operations. WtEnergy Advanced Solutions is a company in the portfolio of Cemex Ventures, Cemex’s venture capital and open innovation unit.

The Clyngas project has the potential to reduce over 400,000 tons of CO₂ equivalent emissions over a decade at the Alicante plant. The committee responsible for awarding the grant lauded the project for its “strong innovation component, reliability, and the improvement it represents in the use of gasification technology.”