🎙️EP05 - Innovating + Scaling Ultra-low Carbon Cement
A conversation with Hayley Moller on how we can decarbonise cement production
Welcome to the 5th episode! 🎙️
Introduction
Here we go for EP05, this time it's Hayley Moller of Material Evolution. I met Hayley at the Innovate UK Materials & Manufacturing Conference, Feb 25, my visit notes here.
We had a great discussion on the day, and I thought she would make a fantastic guest. Cement can't always be exciting, but Hayley has a great way of communicating the innovation, passion and dynamics involved in this challenging, hard-to-abate sector.
That said, others have tried to make cement and concrete exciting, and succeeded. Referenced by Hayley in the conversation; if you want to learn about the comparative flexural and compressive strength properties of finished concrete, Miley Cyrus has a fantastic video, 'Wrecking Ball'.
Head to the bottom of the page. ⬇️.
As we try and focus back on cement, Hayley takes us through how Material Evolution is revolutionising the cement industry with an ultra-low-carbon chemistry, and what the role of AI is in accelerating chemistry and feedstock selection.
Hayley shares her journey from carbon markets and climate communications into a traditionally male-dominated sector, emphasising the importance of diversity and multi-disciplinary team collaboration in driving change.
Material Evolution is led by founders Dr Liz Gilligan, CEO and Sam Clark, COO.
A reminder of the scale and challenge - concrete, the finished product that utilises cement, is the second most consumed material globally. 🤯
Water, approx 9 billion cubic meters, followed by concrete at 4.16 billion cubic metres annually. Let that sink in!
Material Evolution are taking on the challenge of developing ultra-low carbon cement for concrete production.
Cement is approximately 8% of global CO2 emissions.
If that wasn't massive enough, as it stands, we aren't moving the dial significantly yet on emissions reduction, and the target becomes even harder. ⌛
IEA targets an emissions intensity reduction from a stubborn 0.6 t CO2 per tonne of cement produced, by -3% per year through to 2030.
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