Lafarge Canada, Hyperion carbon recycling system sequesters emissions in building components
Lafarge Canada and Hyperion Global Energy have launched Hyperion's tandem carbon recycling system pilot. This process advances circularity by capturing and transforming carbon emissions into mineral components for sustainable building solutions such as low-carbon concrete and other materials.
The pilot project, currently in operation at Lafarge's Bath cement plant in Ontario, involves the testing of Hyperion's net-zero mineral solutions for advanced concrete such as Lafarge's ECOPact which can lower embedded carbon between 30 to 90 percent compared to standard concrete without any compromise in performance.
The joint effort will further develop and scale Hyperion's tandem carbon recycling technology. This drop-in system captures and transforms waste carbon emissions into high-purity minerals that permanently store carbon. Hyperion's reactive mineralization process achieves up to 98 percent capture efficiency of carbon dioxide emissions, producing mineral components that enhance the density and strength of concrete, among other industrial uses.
"Our collaboration with Hyperion marks an exciting milestone in our decarbonization journey and the advancement of our circular construction technologies," affirmed David Redfern, president and CEO of Lafarge (Eastern Canada). "We look forward to advancing our Net Zero strategy by leveraging carbon utilization technology like Hyperion's, enabling us to further reduce CO2 emissions from our operations while at the same time producing innovative and sustainable building solutions."
"Working together with an innovative partner like Lafarge on this exciting pilot project allows us to apply our proprietary carbon recycling technology to large-scale industries, and make an immediate, measurable reduction on carbon emissions. At the same time, we are advancing our vision to offer a scalable and affordable decarbonization solution for industry and a market-driven profit incentive on the cost of carbon removal," said Heather Ward, CEO and co-founder of Hyperion.
The pilot currently can remove up to 1,000 tons of CO2/year from plant operations, with the potential to scale the system 10X over the next year. This represents a 500 percent scale-up of Hyperion's technology since its original prototype as part of the global Carbon XPRIZE competition. The current system was fully manufactured in Ontario, working with local suppliers and trades, along with Hyperion's team of industrial engineers.
