The World Business Council for Sustainable Development today announced that it is inviting stakeholders to provide input to a set of technical papers focusing on existing and potential technologies for low carbon growth in the Indian cement industry. The initiative is led by the WBCSD's Cement Sustainability Initiative and the International Energy Agency.

Stakeholder input will be fed into the Low Carbon Technology Roadmap for the India Cement Industry, a ground-breaking study that was announced last year. Stakeholders are invited to provide input to a set of 29 technical papers focusing on existing technologies which can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cement manufacturing processes by, for example, increasing energy efficiencies and use of alternative fuels, and identifying future technologies with high potential for delivering low carbon growth in the future. The technical papers also outline the policy and financial barriers which prevent widespread uptake of such technologies by the industry.

Philippe Fonta, Managing Director, WBCSD Cement Sustainability Initiative and Energy Efficiency in Buildings, said: I'm delighted to see the technical papers now online for public consultation. They have incorporated sound technical input from experts within the country's industry, from equipment suppliers, technology developers and consulting organizations. They represent a valuable contribution from the CSI members in India to the national cement industry more broadly, and I hope this will lead to a greater understanding within and outside of the industry to emissions reductions potential for cement production in the near and longer-term.

The technical papers were developed by two leading organizations with extensive experience in such technologies: the Confederation of Indian Industry and the National Council for Cement and Building Materials. They have brought together their internal expertise to address technology background, potential for emissions reductions through implementation of each technology, costs involved and barriers to further development or dissemination.

As part of a stakeholder dialogue with key government, regulatory and financial institutions that can influence update of the technologies now and in the future, an online consultation will commence from today for a period of five weeks. 

 

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