Slovenia: Alpacem, the only cement producer in Slovenia, is planning to invest €30m to cut emissions at its plant in Anhovo. The investment includes the installation of regenerative thermal oxidation and selective catalytic reduction systems. These are required by the 2024 changes to the Environmental Protection Act, which brought stricter emission limits for waste co-incineration plants. The plant comes under this category due to its use of refuse-derived fuel (RDF).
While a final building permit has already been obtained, an environmental permit is still pending. Alpacem says that the investment will make the Anhovo plant one of the ‘most environmentally efficient’ cement plants in Europe. The plant's production capacity, permitted quantities of clinker production and permitted quantities of RDF use will not change.
