Latvia’s Prime Minister visits SCHWENK cement plant to see carbon capture in action

Image by SCWHENK LatvijaLatvia’s Prime Minister Evika Siliņa was among the guests when SCHWENK hosted an open day at its cement plant in Brocēni using a pilot-scale carbon capture unit from Capsol Technologies among others. The event drew high-level attendees, including parliamentary secretaries Jurģis Miezainis and Jānis Irbe, the Mayor of Saldus region Māris Zusts and representatives from the German Embassy in addition to Evika Siliņa, emphasizing the growing regulatory and political momentum for carbon capture and storage (CCUS) in Latvia and across Europe. End of May, the first