Low-carbon, resource-efficient cement: Testing and designing a process to repurpose an industrial byproduct as an alternative construction material for the future economy

2020年，英国政府发布了全新的“绿色工业革命10点计划”，制定了在2023-2032年期间将英国二氧化碳排放量减少1.8亿吨的计划。政府亦会与业界合作，制订进一步的行业计划，以期在2050年前实现“净零排放”。为了实现这些和其他脱碳承诺，英国及其欧洲邻国（其中许多国家都有类似的计划）需要进行广泛的变革，例如采用电动汽车（ev）和使用资源节约型工业材料。绿色锂公司正在蒂赛德建造英国第一家大型商用电池级锂精炼厂。根据由专业咨询公司Minviro进行的独立生命周期评估，绿色锂的低碳、清洁能源精炼与中国现有业务相比，可以减少75%的碳排放，可能将生产每吨LiOH的过程碳足迹从16.2吨二氧化碳减少到4.0吨以下。全面的炼油厂将带来250个长期的绿色工作岗位，加上1000多个工作岗位和7亿英镑的东北投资。此外，通过采用当地支持的可再生能源、氢和碳捕获基础设施，它将创造更多的就业机会和内向投资。Green Lithium的精炼厂将成为英国绿色基础设施资产的基石，使英国的阴极/阳极/电池和电动汽车制造成为可能，开创一个脱碳和绿色就业的时代，并支持长期的经济繁荣。绿色锂计划以一种支持过程副产品循环经济的方式来做到这一点，以确保没有浪费。该公司已经获得了英国政府汽车转型基金的支持，以开发可行性和选址。这个后续项目代表了一个令人兴奋的机会，为具有潜在巨大低碳效益的过程副产品解锁循环经济解决方案。

In 2020, the UK Government released a refreshed '10-Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution', setting out plans to reduce UK CO2 emissions by 180 million tonnes between 2023-2032\. The Government will also work with industry to devise further sectoral plans to achieve 'net zero' by 2050\. To achieve these and other decarbonisation commitments, the UK - and its European neighbours, many of which have similar plans - require widespread changes such as adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and the use of resource-efficient industrial materials.Green Lithium is building the UK's first large-scale merchant battery-grade lithium refinery in Teesside. Based on Green Lithium's independent life-cycle assessment performed by specialist consultant Minviro, its low-carbon, clean-energy refining can drive an aggregate 75% carbon emissions reduction compared to existing Chinese operations, potentially reducing process carbon footprint from 16.2 tonnes CO2 per tonne of LiOH produced to below 4.0 tonnes.The full-scale refinery will result in 250 long-term green jobs, plus more than 1,000 jobs and £700million of inward investment to the North East during the construction phase. In addition, it will generate further jobs and inward investment though the adoption of local supporting renewable energy, hydrogen and carbon capture infrastructure.Green Lithium's refinery will be a cornerstone UK green-infrastructure asset, enabling UK-based cathode/anode/cell and EV manufacture, ushering in an era of decarbonisation and green jobs, and supporting long-term economic prosperity. Green Lithium plans to do this in a way that supports a circular economy for process byproducts to ensure nothing is wasted.The company has already enjoyed support from the UK Government's Automotive Transformation Fund towards developing the feasibility and site selection. This follow-on project represents an exciting opportunity to unlock a circular economy solution for the process byproducts with potentially vast low-carbon benefits.