OLYMPUS
Holcim (HERACLES) · Milaki · GR · Cement and concrete · decarbonisation
OLYMPUS is Holcim (HERACLES)'s cement project at Milaki, Greece.
Why it matters
Nothing has been committed to it yet.
- OLYMPUS was announced on 19 December 2024. as of 2024-12-19
- Its site is at Milaki, Greece. as of 2024-12-19
- It uses oxyfuel carbon capture and post-combustion carbon capture. as of 2024-12-19
- No committed public money is on file for it. as of 2024-12-19
Where OLYMPUS is
OLYMPUS is at Milaki, Greece, and this register holds no position for it. The company has confirmed the site and no citable source places the works: it is being built where nobody has yet drawn it. The row is held anyway — position is not a condition of being on file — and what was searched, and what was found instead, is below.
NO POSITION SOUGHT BY THIS PASS. Brief 8 forbids geocoding in a census -- a municipality is not a point -- and the owner statement that admits this row names the works and not a position. The works is Milaki. A polygon for it is a separate job and the row is admitted without one, on the rule that position is not an admission leg.
Status
- Announced2024-12-19
- Funded
- FID taken
- In construction
- 2024-12-19AnnouncedHERACLES Group (Holcim Greece), own release of 12 December 2024: “enabling the HERACLES plant's CO2 emissions in the area of Milaki to capture and store 1 million tons of CO2 annually”source
Technology and measures
- Oxyfuel carbon capturedemonstrationThe kiln is fired with oxygen rather than air, so the flue gas is concentrated CO2 and needs far less separation, at the price of rebuilding the kiln rather than bolting equipment onto it.
- Post-combustion carbon captureearly-commercialCO2 is separated from the kiln's flue gas after combustion, using an amine or solvent process bolted onto an existing plant, which is what makes it the retrofit route for kilns that are not being rebuilt.
Funding
No public capital recorded for this project.
Sources
- OLYMPUSHERACLES Group (Holcim Greece) · 2024-12-19