Dotternhausen Cement Plant

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Dotternhausen Cement Plant (Dotternhausen Zementwerk) is an integrated cement plant operating in Dotternhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Dotternhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 48.226802, 8.778484 (exact)

Background

The Dotternhausen cement plant utilizes oil shale as an alternative material, in place of clinker, to produce Optimo brand cement which has a lower carbon footprint than typical ordinary portland cement. Owner Holcim also announced in 2024 a partnership with Capsol Technologies to implement a CapsolGo carbon capture demonstration plant at the Dotternhausen plant. Capsol will use the Dotternhausen plant to test carbon capture technology using its hot potassium carbonate (HPC) solvent. Testing will run for four months, starting in the second quarter of 2025.

Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	Operating	unknown

Table 2: Ownership Details

Additional information including parent company references and full ownership trees available at the Global Energy Ownership Tracker.

Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner name	Owner company GEM ID
Holcim AG [100.0%]	E100001000571 [100.0%]	Holcim Süddeutschland GmbH [100.0%] (Holcim Süddeutschland (German) [100%])	E100002006814 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacities

Cement capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Clinker capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Unspecified capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)
1.1	0.56	–

Table 4: Cement Production

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Production type	Green cement technology
grey	blended	dry	Alternative fuels

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Additional data

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