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Greece: Heracles Group, a member of Holcim, has commissioned a 6.5MW solar power station at its Milaki plant, equipped with more than 11,000 panels. The facility is now fully operational.

The installation is expected to generate about 10,000MW/yr of electricity, covering a significant share of the plant’s energy needs and cutting CO₂ emissions by 2350t/yr.

Türkiye: Limak Çimento will expand the solar power plant under construction in Kurtalan, Siirt, to meet the electricity demands of its cement plant, according to Energy Diary. The project, divided into five units, will increase its capacity from 9.91MW to 15.9MW with the addition of 6MW. The project site will increase from 109,000m² to 241,000m². The expansion will reportedly employ 10 people during construction and five in the operation phase.

India: Andhra Cements has commissioned a 6MW solar power plant at its cement plant in Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh, according to India Infoline. The project forms part of the company’s initiative to reduce reliance on conventional energy sources and promote sustainable operations.

India: UltraTech Cement has commissioned a 7.5MW hybrid renewable energy project at its Sewagram cement plant in Gujarat. The on-site system combines bifacial solar modules with trackers, wind power and battery storage to provide uninterrupted energy without reliance on the grid. The project was developed with energy provider Gentari. The company aims to increase the share of renewable energy in its power mix to 65% by 2027 and 85% by 2030. As part of its RE100 commitment, UltraTech aims to meet 100% of its electricity needs through renewable sources by 2050.

India: Shree Cement has commissioned a 6MW solar power plant at its Roorkee unit in Uttarakhand, located next to its existing cement operations. This raises total solar capacity at the site to 7MW. The project cost US$1.8m, and brings the company’s total solar footprint to 294MW. It is expected to offset 6500t/yr of CO₂ emissions.

Pakistan: Dewan Cement has commissioned a 6MW solar power system at its Dhabeji plant in Karachi, the company disclosed to the Pakistan Stock Exchange. The system now reportedly provides over 50% of the plant’s operational energy requirements. The company said that the investment in renewable energy would improve energy security and deliver cost savings amid rising fuel prices.

Poland/Germany: Cemex will expand its renewable energy portfolio in its Central Europe Materials division by adding new photovoltaic farms at its cement plants in Mysłowice, Warsaw, Lublin, Szczecin, Gdańsk and at the Mirowo quarry, under an agreement with EDP Energia Polska. The company currently operates five photovoltaic farms in the region, four in Germany and one in Pruszków near Warsaw. Nine new farms in Poland will take total photovoltaic capacity above 14MW. Existing installations produce 128MW/month; this will rise to 291MWh/month once the new farms become operational.

Cemex has also signed an eight-year power purchase agreement with Norwegian energy company Statkraft to supply its Polish operations with wind and photovoltaic electricity, covering 30% of Cemex Polska’s energy demand.

Pakistan: Gharibwal Cement has announced the successful installation and commissioning of a new 12.5MW solar power system at its plant in Ismailwal. The new capacity has been integrated with the producer’s existing 12MW solar infrastructure, bringing total installed solar generation capacity to 24.5MW. The company said the additional system commenced commercial operations on 16 June 2025.

India: During the fourth quarter of the 2025 financial year (which ended on 31 March 2025), premium products constituted 16% of Shree Cement’s sales mix, up from 12% one year previously. During the period, the company further diversified its offering with the launch of two new premium cements, Bangur Marble Portland slag cement and Extra White Portland slag cement, in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Both products are designed for maximum brightness and smoothness within their category of CEM-II Portland slag cements. The company says that its growing portfolio helped it to increase its full-year financial realisation per tonne by 5% year-on-year.

Business Today News has reported that managing director Neeraj Akhoury said "In the 2025 financial year, 74% of our cement output was blended, avoiding over 7.2Mt of CO₂ emissions."

Shree Cement crossed 60% consumption of energy from renewable sources in May 2025, Construction World News has reported. It has 582MW of installed renewable power capacity and is currently in the process of building a 1MW battery storage system at one of its cement plants in India.

South Africa: PPC’s revenues fell by 1.9% year-on-year in the 12 months to 31 March 2025, decreasing to US$560m. However, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) surged by 28% to US$88m.

CEO Matias Cardarelli said that PPC has had to focus on internal corrections to grow its earnings and unlock underutilised value for the company. He explained that the company had performed ‘ahead’ of what it had expected for the period under review. “There was a narrative that the only problems that PPC was having were the problems connected to the economy, and the cement sector in South Africa had not grown for more than 10 years. Whereas that was not completely the case. That had a negative impact on the company,” said Cardarelli.

PPC is building a new 1.5Mt/yr plant in the North West Province with China’s Sinoma, as well as a new solar power plant in Zimbabwe as it invests further into the company at a time when the costs of electricity and other inputs are spiking. The company said that imports of cement into its regional markets were not a major worry as it was increasing its competitiveness against rival local and imported products. “In South Africa, we remain cautiously optimistic for the announcement by the new government of big infrastructure plans,” Cardarelli added.