TNS & NSE Signs MoU with SCG to Study Carbon Capture and Utilization Technology from Cement Plants in Thailand and Southeast Asia; Aims to Achieve Net Zero Cement & Concrete by 2050
Mr. Masaya Watanabe, CEO – Thai Nippon Steel Engineering and Construction Corporation, Ltd. (TNS) and Mr. Takashi Suzuki, BoD Environment Energy Sector – Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd. (NSE) signed a memorandum of understanding on “Basic study to demonstrate the carbon capture and utilization from cement plants exhaust gas in Thailand and Southeast Asia, with the aim of promoting Japanese CCUS technology” with Mr. Surachai Nimlaor, Chief Innovation & Technology Officer of SCG Cement Co., Ltd., and Mr. Wichet Chuchaeu, Chief Operating Officer of The Siam Cement (Kaeng Khoi) Co., Ltd., on 12 January 2023.
The partnership was partially funded by the Japanese government’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). This partnership has been led by Chana Poomee, Vice President – Cement and Green Solution Business, SCG Cement-Building Materials Business, and Yukito Ishiwa, Representative Director and President – NSE Group. The goal is to achieve Net Zero Cement & Concrete in 2050.
