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Extra cost of near-zero emissions cement in 2035, percent (IEA)

How much more the IEA expects it to cost to produce near-zero emissions cement (a dry kiln with carbon capture and storage) than conventional cement in 2035 under today's policies, without policy support: 75 to 150 percent more, depending on the region.

Latest value

75%

World (range across regions), 2035 (projection). Version Energy Technology Perspectives 2026 (IEA, March 2026; revised April and July 2026).

As published

“Near-zero emissions cement remains significantly more expensive, and in 2035 is still 75-150% more costly (USD 50-175 per tonne) in the STEPS, in the absence of policy support and significant scale-up.”

Energy Technology Perspectives 2026, Chapter 3, near-zero emissions cement dashboard, p. 141. Checked word for word against the stored copy of the document every time the data is rebuilt.

Every value

Extra cost of near-zero emissions cement in 2035, percent (IEA), every published value
End of the stated rangePeriodValue (%)Status
Low endChapter 3, near-zero emissions cement dashboard, p. 141: "Near-zero emissions cement remains significantly more expensive, and in 2035 is still 75-150% more costly (USD 50-175 per tonne) in the STEPS, in the absence of policy support and significant scale-up."203575projection
High endChapter 3, near-zero emissions cement dashboard, p. 141: "Near-zero emissions cement remains significantly more expensive, and in 2035 is still 75-150% more costly (USD 50-175 per tonne) in the STEPS, in the absence of policy support and significant scale-up."2035150projection

Where it comes from

Producer
International Energy Agency · Energy Technology Perspectives 2026
Version
Energy Technology Perspectives 2026 (IEA, March 2026; revised April and July 2026)
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2026-10-08 (automatically), 33,223,886 bytes
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sha256 c4880aa007fcb05e771e75c21ec48ad8038e98570a0d4ab554440d14232c095bETag 0x8DED777A5D3C271 · Last-Modified Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:50:01 GMT
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Cite the producer
IEA 2026; Energy Technology Perspectives 2026, https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-technology-perspectives-2026, License: CC BY 4.0

What was done to it

  1. Read the text of the PDF (sha256 c4880aa007fc…). Found each of the 1 quoted statement(s) word for word on PDF page(s) 141, and the 1 context sentence(s) the scope relies on, before publishing.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/action/green_premium.py · code sha256 c2e591e4a0510a3d… · inputs c4880aa007fc…

  2. Published each number exactly as printed, with its statement in the value's note. A range 'A-B%' is published as its low end A and high end B (dimension 'bound'); nothing was computed, rounded or combined with any other source.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/action/green_premium.py · code sha256 c2e591e4a0510a3d… · inputs c4880aa007fc…

What it covers

Geography
World (range across regions)
Basis
Levelised cost of producing cement in 2035 in the IEA's Stated Policies Scenario (STEPS): dry kiln with carbon capture and storage, compared with a dry kiln, region by region; the range runs from lower- to higher-cost regions. Excludes explicit policy support such as carbon pricing or subsidies (method note, p. 163). Projection.
Unit
percent more than the conventional route (%)