Italy: Heidelberg Materials has launched a feasibility study at its Rezzato-Mazzano cement plant to explore a source-to-sink carbon capture and storage (CCS) solution potentially making it the first in Italy to produce carbon-captured net-zero cement The aim of the study is to evaluate the feasibility of capturing CO₂ from cement production and transporting it via pipeline to the Ravenna CCS storage hub under the Adriatic Sea Phase 1 of the Ravenna CCS project will be carried out with the help of a joint venture between Italy-based integrated energy company Eni and energy infrastructure subsidiary Snamprogetti involving discussions between the three companies for a technical evaluation The project aims to leverage Eni’s depleted gas fields in the Adriatic Sea which would be converted for use as permanent CO₂ storage sites The total storage capacity of these fields is estimated at more than 500Mt Snam is committed to developing a pipeline network to transport CO₂ from emitters to the Ravenna CCS hub Chair of the managing board of Heidelberg Materials said "We are excited to explore the economic feasibility of a carbon capture initiative in the Mediterranean Our ambition at Heidelberg Materials is not only to implement a decarbonisation initiative that is highly efficient in terms of resources and energy but also to provide an important impetus for the development of a regional CCS cluster." Member of the managing board of Heidelberg Materials and responsible for Europe said "With an aspired capture rate of more than 95% of our plant’s emissions this initiative aims to explore options for industrial-scale CCS in Italy This would enable us to supply locally produced carbon captured net-zero cement under our evoZero brand to customers in the region." and weakening the strong commercial and trade relationships between nations will .. During the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holidays from Saturday to Monday Air China held special events across multiple .. Centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been asked to prevent and resolve risks in key areas Stay at the forefront of the industrial gas industry with a gasworld subscription and get access to: Heidelberg Materials has started a feasibility study for a decarbonisation project at its Rezzato Mazzano cement plant in the province of Brescia which could become the first plant in Italy to produce carbon captured Net Zero cement and concrete Phase 1 of the Ravenna CCS project is being carried out by a joint venture involving Italian integrated energy company Eni and energy infrastructure operator Snam Heidelberg Materials will evaluate the feasibility of capturing CO2 from cement production and transporting it via pipeline to the Ravenna CCS storage hub under the Adriatic Sea Chairman of the Managing Board of Heidelberg Materials “Our ambition at Heidelberg Materials is not only to implement a decarbonisation initiative that is highly efficient in terms of resources and energy but also to provide an important impetus for the development of a regional CCS cluster.” to continue reading you must be subscribed At a time when the world is forced to go digital more than ever before just to stay connected discover the in-depth content our subscribers receive every month by subscribing to gasworld You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience The project will investigate a potential source-to-sink CCS solution and aims to make the plant the first in Italy to produce carbon captured net-zero cement which will be marketed under the evoZero® brand Building on recent developments in the area of storage opportunities Heidelberg Materials could participate in future allocation processes for the transport and storage of CO2 by the recently announced CCS Ravenna project which could become the first plant in Italy to produce carbon captured net-zero cement and concrete With expertise from its broad range of CCUS projects that have already been launched and an ambitious net-zero roadmap Heidelberg Materials is well positioned to participate in the development of the CCS sector in Italy an important development is the start of phase 1 of the Ravenna CCS project carried out by a joint venture between Italian integrated energy company Eni and energy infrastructure operator Snam This milestone opens up possible scenarios for Heidelberg Materials’ CCS project at the Rezzato-Mazzano plant which could participate in the future allocation processes of CO2 transport and storage capacities in the depleted gas fields off the coast of Ravenna “We are excited to explore the economic feasibility of a carbon capture initiative in the Mediterranean” Heidelberg Materials has started technical discussions with Eni and Snam for a preliminary technical evaluation Member of the Managing Board of Heidelberg Materials and responsible for Europe said: “With an aspired capture rate of more than 95% of our plant’s emissions carbon captured net-zero cement under our evoZero brand to customers in the region.” the Ravenna CCS project aims at leveraging Eni’s depleted gas fields in the Adriatic Sea which would be converted for exclusive use as permanent geological CO2 storage sites The total storage capacity of these fields is estimated at more than 500 million t making this project the reference CCS hub in the Mediterranean Snam is committed to developing a pipeline network to transport CO2 from emitters to the Ravenna CCS hub Read the article online at: https://www.worldcement.com/europe-cis/30092024/heidelberg-materials-to-launch-decarbonisation-project-in-italy/ In the latest episode of the World Cement Podcast Senior Editor David Bizley is joined by Dr Andrew Minson of the GCCA to discuss the ins and outs of the recently launched Low Carbon Ratings (LCR) system Listen for free today » Backed by Clean Energy Ventures and Buzzi Unicem USA Queens Carbon will leverage funding to scale its energy-efficient cement production platform Embed article link: (copy the HTML code below): This article has been tagged under the following: Already a member? Sign in here Listen to the latest episode of the World Cement Podcast Listen now! shares top spot on ranking of world's best pizzeriasByEyewitness News Tuesday 2022A pizzeria on Manhattan's Lower East Side shared the top spot on 50 Top Pizza's 2022 rankings of the world's best pizza places.NEW YORK (WABC) -- There's no lack of pizza places here in the tri-state But there's one place on the Lower East Side that has just won the ultimate bragging rights Una Pizza Napoletana was just named not only one of the best slices in the country it won the honor of best pizzeria in the world The ranking from 50 Top Pizza describes the shop's owner praising his dough and use of fresh ingredients four new york pizzerias made the list along with one in Jersey City 1 - I Masanielli - Francesco Martucci (Naples) 7 - Francesco & Salvatore Salvo (Naples) 10 - Tony's Pizza Napoletana (San Francisco) 19 - Cambia-Menti di Ciccio Vitiello (Caserta 23 - Pizzeria Peppe - Napoli sta' ca" (Tokyo) 29 - Carlo Sammarco Pizzeria 2.0 (Frattomaggiore 46 - Pizzeria Panetteria Bosco (Templo Pausania) MORE NEWS: CDC warns rare condition in kids could rise this fall * Get Eyewitness News Delivered * More New York City news * Send us a news tip * Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts * Follow us on YouTube Receive our weekly Newsletterand set tailored daily news alerts Hosiery/​Socks Colosio S1+ intarsia shoe machine makes Shanghai debut Non-stop innovation: Colosio reveals S1 Evolution for shoe uppers Continuing our look at big brand-name Freediving and Spearfishing companies in Europe I managed to get to Omersub for a look at their history and product line today Omersub is an Italian company born in the ’70 focusing 100% on spearfishing The firm today has spread its business all around the World and has included also freediving products An unlucky attempt has been made in the past to enter the scubadiving World but it seems the heart of Omersub used to beat and still beats today only for spearfishing and freediving generated into us strong interest and curiosity company was born with the aim to satisfy the needs of very demanding and professional spearfishermen one of the most known and famous persons in the spearfishing world He brought all his experience from the Beretta Company specialized in ballistics and production of guns This know how led to the first very interesting spearguns where “officine meccaniche” means mechanical workshops and Rezzato is the name of the town Aqua Lung is a French company born in 1946 as “La Spirotechnique” Its first diving regulator commercialized was the CG45 named Aqua Lung in English Speaking countries The French company was born from the experience and passion of Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Émile Gagnan who actually developed the first “Aqua-Lung.” We could say the Company has introduced the world to Scuba diving Today, both Aqua Lung International and Aqua Lung America are highly successful divisions of Air Liquide. This Group is a French multinational company founded in 1902, which supplies industrial gases and services to various industries including medical Aqua Lung International now has 12 divisions throughout the world Omersub has today more strength than ever in approaching the market investing in R&D and offering best worldwide spearfishing and freediving products It is also going through a strong renovation of its worldwide distribution network basing most of it on the already existing capillary Aqua Lung network the headquarters of Omersub are the heart and mind of the company Almost the whole of the production of the Omer product line is done externally The use of many different suppliers and manufacturers is aimed to having the best partner for every single product final quality control is executed in Italy Omersub product line is practically the most complete range of products in the spearfishing and freediving worlds Sporasub and the new brand by Umberto Pelizzari the great Italian free-diving world champion multi record-man in both variable and constant weight While Omer is the base brand and most known around the world Sporasub is positioned as the top of the line brand and Umberto Pelizzari has high level products focused mainly on freediving The astonishing product line of Omersub goes from anything needed for spearfishing to any spearfishing accessory by Marco Bardi Curious and useful examples of his ideas are the neoprene seat covers for driving with suits on without ruining your car seats and the comfort belt which is an additional neoprene belt to wear under the weight belt for better comfort and stability Both Pelizzari and Bardi have been part of Omer team since the early days with Valerio Grassi Omersub product line is extremely wide and offers almost anything so we decided to have a chat with Paolo Gismondi regarding the most interesting products and the way they are designed He ran us through the main equipment of the three brands We started with the new Umberto Pellizzari brand All products under such name are thought directly from Pellizzari and then designed by Omersub and Momo Design company The latter is an Italian company focused on design What is extremely interesting today in the Umberto Pellizzari product line is that Pellizzari is completely involved in every part of the thinking Nothing to do with just using his name as a marketing tool made to be able to compensate without using one’s hands The system can be regulated thanks to a micrometrical screw which determines the pressure at which the plug opens by blowing in the mask with the nose named UP-M1 and UP-M1C in the 100% carbon fibre frame version is produced in Japan and designed by Momo Design to obtain minimum possible internal volume to compensate the mask much deeper than the 8/9 m reached with standard masks incredibly increasing comfort and easiness of use This innovative product is specifically designed to have sufficient space for the nose clip An additional important feature of this mask is the field of vision which is almost the same you have without wearing a mask and around 30% more than traditional masks The mask external silicone surface features a milled surface that prevents refraction of sunlight Another really innovative product is the freediving computer meaning you have an indication of your recovery time after your last dive which is actually quite a standard function which gives instant pulse frequency at any moment and can consistently help both in freediving and spearfishing it is true that recovery time after a dive is a very discussed and talked about topic indicates a good recovery period after a dive as equal at least to double the time of the dive 1 minute 30 seconds dive would require at least 3 minutes recovery This is a very general and indicative value since it is true that each one of us has different physical characteristics and training Also each day and situation brings us to have different physical statuses meaning our performance can change from period to period seeing a prey can generate acceleration of heart beat in freediving an attempt which is close or beyond your limit can generate stress a continuous control of our pulses is of incredible help After each dive a check of whether your heart rate is back to normal gives you an additional indication if you have or not recovered from your previous dive the heart rate monitor on the computer is connected wifi to a sensor band that has to be dressed around ones chest and under the suit This is comfortable for freediving while it has the need of some attention in spearfishing as the sensor must not be in the way of the area on the chest where the speargun has to be positioned for charging A nice carbon fiber frame decors the watch computer indicating a high level product The UP-X1 computer and the nose plugger are just two of the new The latter is of great interest and is produced in two thicknesses 2 and 4 mm The suit is aimed for freediving and triathlon and is composed of softer neoprene under the arms and behind the knees for better comfort during swimming and freediving The neoprene is internally lined and smooth outside Distinctive characteristics are the ultra stretch collar to avoid loss of warm water and the rear competition closing zipper which guarantees better isolation and protects from accidental opening during races As it often happens it is a speargun the most sold product of the Omer line Thanks to the innovative and exclusive technology HF (Hydro Forming) utilized by Omer for the first time in the spearfishing world such speargun has incredible characteristics The aluminum anticorrosive alloy barrel is manufactured to obtain a cuttlefish bone shape that optimizes the buoyancy of the gun Omer indicates rigidity of the barrel 33% greater than the best cylindrical carbon fiber solutions The special camouflage Camu3D is obtained thanks to the “Heat Transfer” process which consists in positioning a camouflaged colored film on the gun and then heat it in an hoven The action of heat and a chemical process transfer colors from the film to the gun in a definitive solution which makes the coloring resistant to abrasion Sporasub is positioned to be the top of the line brand in the Omersub family but some examples can well indicate the work and the attention and probably some additional justified costs An example are the Sporasub fin foot pockets As only in a few cases present on competition brands these pockets are made through a special rubber compression process that permits to have different kinds of rubbers in the various areas of the foot rubber must of course be stiffer so it does not bend and manages to transmit the movement of the leg and foot to the fin Other areas such as the heel and the fingertips must be softer for greater comfort This is easily visible as on the fin foot pocket the softer areas are made of a grey color This details help comfort and transmission of strength a specific compression process of different rubbers which is obtained through specific technology and more expensive production Exciting part of the visit to Omersub has surely been the walk in the testing rooms Specifically built machinery was present to analyze behavior performance and reliability of most Omersub products testing and researching is at the base of all equipment designed by the Italian company To obtain best results and performance a 7 meters long pool has been designed to test power and reach The gun is positioned steadily on one side of the pool and a shaft is shot reaching a board a few meters away The measure of the quantity of the shaft that has passed through the board gives the value of the strength and reach of the shot while the precision is given by the read on a circular target drawn on the board Testing on spearguns is also brought forward by optimizing the recoil reduction and the grip comfort and precision using a second machine The latter permits to insert a tang in a cylinder under a specified pressure The grip to be tested is then inserted and attached to the cylinder The shaft is blocked into the release system of the trigger and is then release at a defined variable pressure equivalent to different powers generated by rubber bands of different thicknesses and numbers The transmission of the power to the hand gives feedback on recoil and quality of the grip another pool is set to contain a machine that but good enough to give feedback on fin resistance and possible points of breakage after hours and hours of movement Many other machines are in the R&D area of Omersub such as traction test machine for elastic bands pressure resistance tanks for computer watches and spearguns computer watches temperature high variation testing and computer case fluctuation testing for pressure variation DeeperBlue.com is the World’s Largest Community dedicated to Freediving, Scuba Diving, Ocean Advocacy, and Diving Travel We’ve been dedicated to bringing you the freshest news and discussions from around the underwater world since 1996 Contact us: hello@deeperblue.com four young men and a young woman lost their lives tragically in Brescia aged between 17 and 22 were in a car which crashed head-on into a bus in Comune di Rezzato said that he found himself face to face with the car and he could not avoid it He sustained slight injuries and was taken to hospital in a state of shock.