Calera’s process captures carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by coal or gas-fired power plants and converts it into calcium and magnesium carbonates for use in manufacturing carbon negative products such as sand, aggregate, supplementary cementitious materials, and cement, as well as fresh water. The company’s business plan calls for construction of multiple demonstration plants to validate the commercial viability of its technology.
Brent Constantz, CEO of Calera, said: “Bechtel key personnel have been working closely with Calera in equipment design and optimization, and increasingly large-scale plant deployment engineering and design. We are very confident that our approach is the most technically viable, rapidly deployable, cost-effective and industrially scalable solution for large point-source emitters of CO2.”
Ian Copeland, president of Bechtel Renewables and New Technology, said: “We look forward to working with Calera to help deploy a technology that is both innovative and important as the world seeks ways to reduce greenhouse emissions. The fundamental chemistry and physics of the Calera process are based on sound scientific principles and its core technology and equipment can be integrated with base power plants very effectively.”
Bechtel is an engineering, construction, and project management company.
