# EU grants €109.8 million to Holcim for carbon-neutral cement project in Lägerdorf

The European Union has awarded Holcim Deutschland €109.8 million in funding for the Carbon2Business innovation project at its cement plant in Lägerdorf, Germany. The project involves building a new kiln line using oxyfuel technology to capture CO2, with Holcim investing a three-digit million euro amount itself.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2023-01-19
- Where: Lägerdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Value: $119.0M (109.8M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1.2 million tonnes CO2 avoided annually
- Products: cement, oxyfuel technology, CO2 capture
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Holcim](https://endata.com/companies/15354.md)
- [Linde Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/1100.md) (partner)
- [thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions](https://endata.com/companies/2305.md) (partner)
- [European Union](https://endata.com/companies/22532.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [holcim.de](https://www.holcim.de/erstes-klimaneutrales-zementwerk-eu-fordert-innovationsprojekt-von-holcim-mit-mehr-als-109), 2023-01-20: "Wir entwickeln unser Werk in Schleswig-Holstein zu einem Vorreiter der grünen Zementproduktion."
- [bba-online.de](https://www.bba-online.de/news/eu-foerdert-erstes-klimaneutrales-zementwerk/), 2023-02-02: "Die Förderung der EU ist ein wichtiger Meilenstein und ermöglicht uns, die Zementwende entschieden voranzutreiben."

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