Global CemPower

2nd Global Cement Electrical Power Conference and Exhibition

Including waste heat recovery, captive power, grinding optimisation and electrical energy efficiency.

29 November 2022
10:00 - 17:00 Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome)

Free registration includes attendance at the webinar, live Q&A, a download of the programme and basic delegate list, attendance at the post-event Zoom meet-up and access to the post-event video.

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Global CemPower looks at a topic that accounts for one third of the cement industry's total costs: Electrical power.

Global CemPower normally takes place as a real-world conference and exhibition, but during the coronavirus pandemic, the event will take place as a virtual, online event.

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The organisers retain the right to rescind any registration at any time, for any reason, and to vary the programme and/or offering.

Over 600 delegates from the following 88 countries registered for the event in 2021: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Programme for Virtual Global CemPower 2021:

Programme is run on Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome)

9.00 Exhibition time

Session 1

10:00 Introduction and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator

10.10 Paper 1: 'A new waste heat recovery system (the KHI VEGA boiler) using preheater waste gas for cement industry WHR,’ Toshinori Tanaka, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
10.35 Q&A

10.45 Paper 2: ‘How the cement industry can go green with PPAs (Power Purchase Agreements) and Green certificates (GoOs),’ Annkathrin Rabe, Statkraft
11.10 Q&A

11.20 Paper 3: 'Boosting NetZero in cement industry with ORC waste heat recovery tailor-designed solutions for improved energy efficiency, business profitability and environmental footprint,' Sergio Morlacchi, Exergy
11.45 Q&A

11.55  Lunch break + Exhibition time slides

Session 2

13.10 Welcome back and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator

13.15 Paper 4: 'The multi-million dollar opportunity – how to exploit overlooked electricity cost savings in mills,’ Markus Burbach, Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG
13.40 Q&A

13.50 Paper 5: ‘Construction and operation of the Waste Heat Recovery system at Najran Cement, Saudi Arabia,’ Muayad Matar, Najran Cement Company
14.15 Q&A

14.25 Paper 6: 'Electrically-heated calciner with CO2 capture - Pilot-scale rotary kiln at VTT, Finland,' Oona Katajisto, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
14.50 Q&A

15.00 Paper 7: 'The indirect electrification of the cement plant,’ Xavier D'Hubert, XDH-Energy
15.25 Q&A

15.35 Lunch break + Exhibition time slides

16.00 Welcome back and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator

16.05 Paper 8: 'Breaking down the barriers to waste heat recovery,’ John Kline, Kline Consulting
16.30 Q&A

16.40 Paper 9: 'IFC decarbonisation advisory offering for the cement sector and select examples of electric energy efficiency,' Alexander Sharabaroff, IFC
17.05 Q&A

17.15 Final remarks and farewell

Global Cement Electrical Power Conference and Exhibition

Main themes

• Waste heat recovery for cement and lime
• Captive power generation options (including coal, oil, gas, diesel, hydroelectric, wind and solar), 
• Grinding optimisation
• Micro-grids and energy storage options
• Electrical energy efficiency in the cement and lime industries

The Global CemPower Conference  not only looks at waste heat recovery for cement and lime, but will also examine captive power generation options (including coal, oil, gas, diesel, hydroelectric, wind and solar), grinding optimisation (grinding processes are the largest single consumers of electrical power in the cement plant) and the wider issue of electrical energy efficiency in the cement and lime industries.

With the variability in fuel and electricity costs, the cement industry is presented with both a problem and an opportunity. The cement industry uses huge amounts of fuel and electrical power, and is critically sensitive to price rises in both. The industry worldwide is also vulnerable to power-cuts and reduction in power quality - so-called 'brownouts.' However, the cement - and lime - industry is also perfectly located to take advantage of the situation, through the use of waste heat recovery systems and other captive generation units. Using waste heat recovery for example, the cement industry can regain the energy in its waste-gasses and use it to generate electricity, thus partly insulating itself from electricity price increases as well as improving its overall efficiency. Cement producers (particularly in India and Japan) have also built themselves captive power units using wind, hydro-electric, diesel, gas, coal, oil, alternative fuels and biomass.

Grinding uses up around one third of the electrical energy requirements of each integrated cement plant, so that improvements in grinding processes can have a huge impact in overall electrical energy demand. The conference will look at new technologies in grinding, as well as grinding efficiency improvements.

The conference will also study the suite of techniques and approaches that are available to all cement producers to reduce electrical energy consumption throughout their plants, from changing motors and optimising fan designs, to simpler but no-less -effective methods such as intelligent lighting schemes and the scheduling of periodic equipment operation for lower-cost electricity periods.

What you will accomplish at Global CemPower?

• Learn about the latest technology for waste heat recovery
• Hear about cement and lime industry captive power generation case studies
• Pick up tips for grinding unit optimisation
• Make contacts with experts from around the world
• CUT YOUR ELECTRICAL ENERGY BILLS!

Who should attend?

• Cement and lime producers interested in power production
• Cement and lime producers who want to decrease their electrical energy bills
• Equipment suppliers
• Participants from other industries: lime, gypsum, steel, paper, chemicals, refinery etc
• Cement industry project managers
• Analysts
• Consultants

3rd Global CemPower Conference

The 3rd Global CemPower Conference & Exhibition has successfully taken place on 1 - 2 June 2015 in London, UK.

Read the Global CemPower 2015 conference review

Image gallery for the Global CemPower Conference 2015

Delegates comments on Global CemPower 2015

• It has been very organised. Excellent conference
• Very well organised
• Nice conference, very friendly team
• Very well focused, great agenda, liked the networking opportunities
• Interesting conference, lots of good conversations
• Good organisation for networking
• I think it is very good, with a good range of topics
• Very enjoyable and I made some good contacts. Thank you!
• Congratulations to you and your team on a successful Global CemPower conference this past week! I enjoyed the wide variety of topics and made some good contacts at the event. Thank you for your efforts!

2nd Global CemPower Conference

4 - 5 June 2013, Glaziers Hall, London, UK

The 2nd Global CemPower Conference and Exhibition has successfully taken place in London again, after the highly successful first edition in the city. CemPower is the largest global gathering of experts on waste heat recovery, captive power generation and electrical energy efficiency in the cement and lime industries.

2nd Global CemPower Conference Reviewed plus downloadable presentations, image gallery and video

Delegates comments on Global CemPower 2013

• The social evening was very nice and I liked the atmosphere
• The atmosphere and organisation was great
• Nice event with good opportunities for networking
• I enjoyed the speed-dating
• Well-organised and kept to time
• Excellent organisation of the conference, congratulations
• Very interesting new information
• Open forums, opportunities for networking and good presentations
• Great conference, thanks to organisers, go ahead!
• Good atmosphere and networking
• Well organised