Roanoke Cement Company, LLC
FY2025 · complete year · data as of 2026-09-01
A single federal award, with both ends of the trail linked.
Award DECD0000088 is a grant from the Department of Energy, $61.7M obligated, FY2025 to FY2031, for Roanoke Cement Company, LLC. The work is performed in Virginia. Source
Description
The Roanoke Cement Company, Llc. (RCC) Plant Project in Troutville, Virginia Aims to Construct and Operate a First-Of-A- Kind in the United States Calcined Clay Production Line for Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) Using a Flash Calciner (or Equivalent Technology) and Moderate Purity Clay to Replace a Significant Portion of Clinker in Cement. With Lower Operating Costs and Higher Material Performance, This Project Plans to Enable Annual Production Capacity of 300,000 Short Tons/Year of Calcined Clay with an Anticipated Carbon Intensity That Is 83% Lower Compared to the Clinker IT Replaces. The Calcinated Clay Will Be Used in the Existing RCC Cement Grinding Mills to Produce LC3 with Anticipated 40% Lower Carbon Intensity Than Ordinary Portland Cement (Opc). The Data Generated and Shared with the Department of Energy and the Public Will Support Private-Sector Investments in This Highly Relevant Decarbonization Technology Across the United States. The Project Contributes to the Development of the Workforce to Manufacture and Use Next-Generation, Low Carbon Cement and Concrete and Will Act as a Role Model Demonstrating Labor and Community Benefits When Decarbonizing the Industry.