product that contains lower-carbon, raw
material such as fly ash.
Gentoso said companies in Colorado have been
more inclined to use the blended product than
companies in other regions. But that’s not why
LafargeHolcim has picked Colorado for the
carbon-capture project.
“One of the main reasons we chose this plant
specifically is from a carbon-capture perspective,
you have to capture it and you have to find a
place for it,” Gentoso said.
There are more options to do that in Colorado.
Carbon dioxide is used to boost oil well
production by injecting it underground, which
increases pressure.
“There are pipelines within 40 miles of our
plant where people are actually mining carbon
dioxide out of the ground for enhanced oil
recovery,” Gentoso said.
And there are geologic formations where the
gas can be stored. Carbon-capture technology
might be able to prevent the release of more than
700,000 tons of carbon a year from the plant.