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Cement startup Furno lands $20M grant to build low-carbon micro-kilns in Chicago
Furno’s micro-kilns promise to reduce pollution and eliminate transportation costs.
Cement startup Furno will receive a $20 million grant from the Department of Energy, funds that will help the company build up to eight micro-kilns at a concrete plant in Chicago. Furno’s partner in the project, Ozinga, currently buys 60,000 tons of cement annually from suppliers to use at its Chinatown Yard on Chicago’s south side. Furno’s shrinks the kiln and turns it upright, a twist that allows more of the heat to participate in the calcination reaction, reducing fossil fuel pollution by at least 70% and eliminating it entirely when it’s fired using hydrogen.
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