I-S4, E1: Ukuvula Indlela Eya Ku-Zero CO2 Cement noRyan Gilliam waseFortera

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Jackie De Burca here for Constructive Voices. And I’m super excited to start off the season four of Constructive Voices with a superb guest who’s actually been featured in Time on the list that Time does of the 100 top climate people for 2024.

Manje uzofunda okuningi kabi kuRyan Gilliam. URyan uyi-CEO kanye nomsunguli weForterra. Njengoba kungenzeka uyaqaphela, ukukhiqizwa kukasimende empeleni kuwumthwalo wemfanelo cishe ku-8% wazo zonke izinto ezikhishwayo emhlabeni. Kuyimboni enenkani ngempela ukukhipha ikhabhoni ngoba vele idinga amandla kakhulu.

Manje ngizobe ngixoxa noRyan. Ngiyajabula ukuthi ulapha. Ngiyabonga kakhulu ngokuthatha isikhathi.

[00:00:57] Ryan Gilliam: Great. Well, thanks so much for having me. Yeah, so my name is Ryan Gilliam and just as a bit of background. So I’m, I always say I’m a tech, tech guy at heart. I did my Undergrad and my PhD in Materials Engineering and I’ve spent my whole career now in the sustainability space founding multiple companies that are really all focused on looking at old industries where the technologies were developed before CO2 and energy efficiency and things like that were really a focus. And so it’s knowing what we know now, how best can we design these technologies to be better for the environment as well?

[00:01:35] UJackie De Burca: Ngakho-ke ungumuntu othanda amaphupho ngomsebenzi wakho?

[00:01:38] URyan Gilliam: Okusho ukuthi, yebo, ngeshwa, kuningi kakhulu.

Kunobusuku obuningi bokuphupha nokuqwasha, uhlale ucabanga ngento elandelayo noma indlela yokulungisa izinkinga. Ngicabanga ukuthi ingxenye enzima kakhulu yokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe obusha ukuthi nje, inani elimangalisayo lezinto okufanele udlule kuzo ukuze uthole yonke into. Futhi kunjalo, kunzima ukungayijuluki yonke leyo mininingwane ngaso sonke isikhathi.

[00:02:03] UJackie De Burca: Yebo, ngikuqonda ngokuphelele lokho, Ryan. Ngakho-ke ake sisuke kweyakho, imvelaphi yakho nokuthi yini eyaholela ekutheni ujoyine iForterra.

[00:02:10] URyan Gilliam: Yebo, ngakho-ke iForterra inomlando omude, othokozisayo.

So I, after finishing my PhD, I was invited out to an interview with a company called Calera in California. And it was really one of the first CO2 to actually, I guess it was the first CO2 to cement company, a company focused on trying to, just to solve the CO2 issue and maybe just for some context, background. So cement is the glue that’s in concrete and concrete is the second most consumed thing on earth behind water and upwards of about 8% of the world’s CO2 emissions. So this Company really had a great way of looking at the problem and, and they, they took their cues from nature. So the same way nature forms its building blocks, where if you look at how coral reefs form and shells form, you absorb CO2, make a reactive form of these carbonates, that, that actually gives that cementing properties to make, to make coral reefs. And so this company, Calera, that’s really what they figured out how to do was to take this, you know, the CO2, take this technology or take this, this concept that exists in nature that’s only typically acts as a fraction of a second, but do it in an industrial way. And so that’s, that’s the company I initially started my, my world into the startup world in and it was an incredibly successful company technically, unfortunately in Cleantech 1.0, you know, everyone thought people would pay for CO2 and that’s what would drive adoption. And so it wasn’t really grounded in economics. And so I took over that company, pivoted into another sector and shut down the CO2 to cement business quite a few years ago, back in 2014, 2015. And so then fast forward with Forterra. What we finally figured out was, and this was really from our learnings with some of the other companies been part of, is that if you want to have a meaningful impact in the sustainability space, it really means you need to get through economies of scale. You know, it’s a huge problem. And so things like cement, these are really large plants, a million plus tons a year. And so the requirement really to make a technology successful is you need to be able to scale it, make it economically competitive. And so what we figured out was that we could take that technology we had developed in the clear days where we had put, you know, 100,000 hours of R&D into, had 100 patents on, piloted the technology for five years, put product into real world applications. We’re able to take that technology we had already proven out, but now do it in a way that actually fit within the existing cement ecosystem. So you know, the thesis we have at Forterra is by using the same feedstocks that exist already at every cement plant, by using as much of the capital infrastructure from quarry through to kiln, this already exists. There’s a trillion dollars of the capital infrastructure that already exists by making a product that fits under the existing regulations.

Futhi yebo, sikholelwa ukuthi imithethonqubo izoshintsha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kodwa lokho kuzothatha isikhathi ukutholwa. Kuyimboni engahambisani nezingozi futhi kufanele. Futhi ekwenzeni konke lokho, yilokho esikufundile ukuthi singaqhuba umnotho ukuze siqhudelane nosimende. Futhi ngakho-ke yilokho okuholele ekutheni sithole, noma ngiholele ekutheni ngithole. Nesikhulu sethu sesayensi sathola iForterra. Emuva ngo-2019, savula ilebhu yethu, ilebhu yethu yokuqala, cishe isonto ngaphambi kwe-COVID So. Isikhathi esihle kakhulu senkampani, isikhathi esihle.

Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi sinalowo mlando ngemuva kwethu futhi sakwazi ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe ebesivele sichithe iminyaka eminingi sithuthukisa, sakwazi ukuthola i-Forterra, sathatha le ndlela entsha yebhizinisi, futhi, eyayihambisana nomhlaba kasimende, wanikeza. izinkampani zikasimende ithuba lokubopha ubuchwepheshe bethu eduze kwezitshalo zazo futhi zisize ngempela ukuxazulula inkinga ye-CO2. It. Kusivumele ukuthi sikhuphuke ngokushesha okukhulu. Ngakho-ke sasuka ekusunguleni inkampani saya kubambisene nabo bokuqala. Thina nje. Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, sivule imboni yethu yokuqala yokuhweba, encane eCalifornia. Ngakho-ke sithengisa umkhiqizo manje, futhi manje sinepayipi elibalulekile lezitshalo zentengiso ezikhona. Lokho kusemisebenzini. Ngakho-ke kusivumele ukuthi sisuke ekusunguleni inkampani ukuze sikhule ngokushesha kakhulu kubuchwepheshe obusha.

[00:06:18] UJackie De Burca: Lokho kuhle kakhulu ngokubuka kwakho. Manje, iForterra yaziwa ngendlela yayo emisha yokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ekukhiqizeni usimende, njengoba usichazele kakhulu. Ungakwazi yini ukuchaza ngokuningiliziwe, noma kunjalo, ukuthi ubuchwepheshe busebenza kanjani?

[00:06:32] URyan Gilliam: Yebo, impela. Futhi ngakho bendabuko. Ngisho ukuthi isitokwe esiyinhloko sikasimende wendabuko yi-limestone, okuyi-calcium carbonate. Lokho cishe kungama-80% esitokisini esisetshenziswa kuhho losiko lukasimende. Ngakho-ke ngenxa yokuthi inqwaba yesitoko sokuphakelayo, ngokuyisisekelo zonke izitshalo zikasimende sezivele zitholakala endaweni yekwali ye-limestone. Ngakho-ke kithina, esikwenzayo ukuthi sithatha lelo limestone njenge-feedstock yethu futhi sisacubungula lokho kuhhavini. Ngokwenza kanjalo, i-limestone icishe ibe ngu-44% ngesisindo, i-CO2, futhi yingakho usimende unamandla e-CO2, ingoba ulahlekelwa yileso silinganiso esingu-44%, leso sisindo se-CO2 ekukhiqizweni. Bese usebenzisa amafutha e-hydrocarbon ukuze uyishise, enawo. Inokukhishwa okwengeziwe. Ngakho-ke esimweni sethu, sisafaka lelo limestone elifanayo kuhhavini, kodwa-ke sithwebula i-CO2 kanye nomcako ophuma kuhhavini enqubweni yethu yamakhemikhali bese sikuhlanganisa kabusha lokho. Bese kuthi uma senza lezo, ngaphansi kwezimo ezifanele, singakwazi ukwenza uhlobo olusebenzayo lwe-limestone. Ngakho-ke, ngiyancokola, kuzwakala kuhlekisa kancane. Sithatha i-limestone futhi siyibuyisela emuva ibe yi-limestone, kodwa siyasuka. Yebo, kodwa sisuka edwaleni le-inert elingenazo izinto zikasimende siye ohlotsheni lwetshe le-limestone eliwusimende. Futhi kuwuhlobo olufanayo lwe-limestone olwakha izixhobo zamakhorali namagobolondo emvelo. Ngakho-ke lokho empeleni kwenza inqubo ngaphansi kwezimo ezifanele esingafinyelela kule nhlayiyana eklanywe kakhulu ye-limestone okuthi uma ungeza amanzi kuyo iphendule kusimende.

[00:08:02] UJackie De Burca: Inqubo ethakazelisayo ngokusobala. Kunjani-ke uma ubungathengisa lokhu kumthengi omusha, ubuzothini? Ngabe usimende wakwaForterra uhluke kanjani ngokusebenza kwawo kanye nezindleko uma kuqhathaniswa nemikhiqizo yesintu?

[00:08:17] URyan Gilliam: Yebo, futhi lo ngumbuzo ojulile ngakho ngizothola kancane kuthesis ekhona kanye nemikhiqizo uqobo. Ngakho ngishilo ngaphambili ukuthi lena imboni eyingozi kakhulu futhi kufanele. Kulungile. Sifaka ukhonkolo ezinhlelweni ezithinta impilo. Ngakho-ke inselele ngalokho ukuletha impahla entsha emakethe kuzothatha isikhathi ukwenza abantu bakhululeke ngezinto ezibonakalayo. Manje inzuzo esinayo eForterra ukuthi ngenxa yaleyo nkampani yasekuqaleni sinempahla yethu kumaphrojekthi omhlaba wangempela iminyaka engu-15 manje. Ngakho-ke siyazi ukuthi impahla yethu iyasukuma ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Kodwa imikhiqizo yokuqala esiyilandelayo futhi yilokhu leyo phrojekthi abayibiza ngokuthi ukushintshwa kukasimende ingxenye noma into engeziwe kasimende lapho sishintsha kuphela ingxenye ethile kasimende wendabuko wase-Portland. Futhi manje lokhu kuvunyelwe ngaphansi kwemithetho ekhona futhi kuhluka emazweni ngamazwe ukuthi yiliphi inani elivunyelwe kodwa, kodwa lokho kusivumela nozakwethu ukuthi senze ukuhlanganisa okubalulekile kwethu ngaphansi kwemithetho ekhona ukuze bakwazi ukuyifaka emakethe manje futhi sebeqalile ukuba nomthelela ku-CO2. Siphinde sibe namandla okuthi ekugcineni siye ku-100% umkhiqizo wethu kanye no-100% womkhiqizo wethu.

It’s now really gives a pathway all the way to get to a net zero CO2 cement. And while we can fit under the existing performance based regulations, that’s not what’s typically adopted and utilized in all regions of the world. And so that’s going to take time for people to get comfortable with the 100% product to adopt it from an actual performance perspective. That’s where we’re fair bit of differences come in as well. When we do it as a blend we have always purposely, and this is one of our core values of the company is think customer. And so we’ve done a lot of work both testing customers material with our product as a blend, but also sharing our product for them to test. And what’s very clear in the space is actually having improved characteristics or performance isn’t necessarily a benefit. And the reason for that is you know, in a traditional cement plant, these are, these are very large installations, million plus tons a year. That cement then goes to a concrete or ready mix, which are much smaller installations, and then from there it goes to the contractor. And so what you don’t want to have to do is bring a new material to the market, even if it is improved performance, but then have to retrain every contractor how to use it. So when it comes to blends, we’ve always been focused on really making sure we match, at least at a minimum, the same strength development, the same set time and the same workability as traditional Portland cement would be in a concrete mix. And that’s really the minimum that we go after. So that to some extent, unless the contractor knew it was a different material, they shouldn’t be able to see that in actually working with it.

[00:11:09] UJackie De Burca: Uma ithola, lokho, lokho kusobala, uyazi, ngokusobala ngokombono womkhiqizo, lelo yindawo enkulu yokuthengisa.

[00:11:15] URyan Gilliam: Yebo, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lokho sekuphinde, lokho kusuka ekufundeni kumakhasimende lokho abakufunayo ngempela. Uma senza 100% umkhiqizo wethu, sinamandla okuthola amandla ngokushesha okukhulu. Futhi ngakho-ke, singakwazi ukuhlelela, ngicabanga, imikhiqizo ekhethekile engaba nentshisekelo enkulu. Futhi lokho kuzoba uhambo okuzodingeka siluhambe namakhasimende.

[00:11:33] UJackie De Burca: Ngakho. Yebo, leyo yimpendulo ethokozisayo ngempela. Futhi ngiyazibuza nje ngezindleko. Yiqiniso, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi siyathanda noma singathandi, lokho kuyisici esibalulekile, okungukuthi.

[00:11:43] URyan Gilliam: Kude futhi kude into ebaluleke kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, kufanele ngabe ngiqale lapho embuzweni wakho.

When it comes to cost, I think generally speaking, you know, there’s a lot of different ideas out there in cleantech that you can get different incentives to help to help drive adoption. You can get green premiums. Fundamentally, our view at Forterra is that while green premiums or, or incentives will help with early adoption, just like with wind and solar energy and electric vehicles, unless you have competitive economics standalone, without those green premiums, we believe it’s going to be very difficult for companies to adopt a million plus ton a year of product. So the benefit we have is that in running our process, because we capture that 44% of that weight of CO2 that’s typically lost back in as product, we’re actually able to produce our material cost competitively with traditional Portland cement. So our goal is to go to the market at the same cost as traditional cement.

[00:12:45] UJackie De Burca: Kulungile. Ngokusobala lokho, lokho kuhle kakhulu futhi ngokuvamile into entsha, eluhlaza kakhulu noma amandla angaphambili. Lokho akuvamile futhi.

[00:12:53] URyan Gilliam: Yebo, impela. Futhi kufanele ngisho, ngisho ukuthi siye sabona izimo lapho kunethuba lamaphrimiyamu okusanhlamvu, kusobala ukuthi kukhona ithuba lokuthengisa i-CO2 emakethe yokuzithandela ye-offset. Lezo yizinto ezizosiza ukuthi kukhange ikhasimende ukuthi lizithathe kusenesikhathi. Futhi ngakho ngicabanga ukuthi lezo zinto ziyadingeka. Futhi kuhle ukuthi, kukhona izindlela ezinjengalezo ezikhona ukusiza ngokutholwa kusenesikhathi. Kodwa futhi, uma usudlulile, uyazi, izitshalo ezimbalwa zezentengiselwano, amavolumu e-CO2, umthamo wezinto ezibonakalayo ubaluleke kakhulu kangangokuthi ungaphezu kwe-premium, imakethe ye-premium. Yingakho futhi kithina kugxilwe ekubeni nokuncintisana kwezindleko nosimende wendabuko.

[00:13:33] UJackie De Burca: Kulungile, kumnandi. Ngakho-ke ukukhiqizwa kukasimende njengoba abantu abaningi bazi kunomthelela omkhulu ekukhishweni kwekhabhoni emhlabeni jikelele. Ungakanani umthelela ongaba nawo kubuchwepheshe bamaphekula ekwehliseni lokhu kukhishwa kwegesi?

[00:13:46] Ryan Gilliam: I mean the mission for, for our company, and it’s actually written across the full wall outside my office to, to make sure I’m aligned every day is paving the way to zero CO2 cement. And so when we get to 100% our product, it’s about 80% lower CO2 emissions per ton, even when you’re still using the hydrocarbon fuels at the kiln. And then once green energy becomes prevalent enough, cost effective enough, we can then integrate green energy into our process and be a0CO2 emission cement. So our goal is to, is to roll this technology out obviously as broadly as, as possible. I think that the different regions of the world and how cements produce and the cost of producing cement presents different challenges as we look to these different markets. But we’re already actively working with partners in North America, in Europe, in Asia. And so it really is about figuring out the right thesis to bring the business to bring the technology into, to every region.

[00:14:44] UJackie De Burca: Ushilo nge-Europe. Ngokusobala sinabalaleli abaningi e-Europe kanye nase-States. Imaphi amazwe ohlanganyela nawo njengamanje?

[00:14:52] Ryan Gilliam: So we maybe saw almost a couple of years ago now we opened up an office in France and we now have some employees specifically in France, really geared towards looking at different opportunities across Europe. I’d say, you know, most mostly Western Western European countries so far that have been, have been engaged and a lot of the cement majors are based there. So when you look at, you know, really the, the multinationals, a lot of them are based out of, out of Europe. So we’re actively engaged across a number of places. We have An MOU for. With a, with a partner for first adopter of. Of pure product out of Belgium. And so we have quite a few different, different regions we’re looking at there.

[00:15:33] UJackie De Burca: Kuthiwani nge-uk? Ngiyazi ukuthi lokho akuyona, akuyona i-EU ngokusobala, kodwa ingabe uhlanganyela ne-UK okwamanje?

[00:15:40] URyan Gilliam: Yebo, ngisho, ngakho futhi, uma sithi cabanga ikhasimende, inhloso yethu bekulokhu kuwukubeka izinto zethu kabanzi ukuze siqonde ukuthi abantu bazobheka kanjani. Ngakho. Ngakho-ke kunezinkampani eziningi eziphumile. Abaphuma e-UK manje abasithumelele okokusebenza ukuze sihlolwe noma sithumele izinto ezibonakalayo ngakho-ke sikulezo zingxoxo.

[00:15:57] UJackie De Burca: Kumnandi. Kulungile, lokho kuyathakazelisa ngempela ngoba futhi, kukhona iphesenti elifanelekile lezithameli zethu ezizinze e-uk, ngakho lokho kuhlobene ngempela. Iyiphi indima oyibonayo uRyan, kaTerra edlala emzabalazweni obheke phambili ukwakhiwa okusimeme futhi isakhiwo esiluhlaza?

[00:16:13] URyan Gilliam: Ngicabanga ukuthi obekungijabulisa ukuthi, uyazi, kunabantu abaningi abacabanga ukuthi lezi zimboni azifuni ukushintsha.

Angazi noma kunjalo ngempela yini. Sike saba nokusebenzelana okuhle okuvela ezinkampanini zikasimende, ezivela ezinkampanini ezixube kahle futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kukhulu kakhulu ukuthi zivulekele ukushintsha inqobo nje uma zingabasebenzela ngokwezomnotho futhi zibavumele ukuthi baqhubeke nokwenza ibhizinisi. Ngakho-ke ngingakusho lokho kithina, iqiniso lokuthi sinendlela yezomnotho lizwakala kahle. Iqiniso lokuthi sifakwe ibhawudi, okusho ukuthi singabeka izitshalo zethu eduze nesitshalo sazo esikhona. Akudingi ukuthi bavale imishini yabo ukuze sizihlanganise ukuze bakwazi ukuqhubeka nokusebenza, baqhubeke nokufaka izinto ezimakethe, baqhubeke nokuhlinzeka amakhasimende abo anezibopho kuwo. Singakwazi ke ukwakha isitshalo sethu eceleni kwabo bese sihlanganisa okokusebenza kwethu njengoba kuphuma. Ngakho-ke ngenxa yakho konke lokho, sibone isifiso ngempela sokukhipha ubuchwepheshe futhi sibone ohlangothini lwemiksi elungile kanye nohlangothi lwamapulani wezakhiwo isifiso sokuhlola uhla lwenhlanganisela ehlukene yomkhiqizo wethu ukuze sizame ukuyithola. ekunciphiseni okuphezulu kwe-CO2. Ngiqonde ukuthi, okuningi kokufunda esibe nakho kusukela kamuva kuvele kozakwethu abahlola okokusebenza kwethu futhi basibonisa imiklamo ehlukahlukene exubile abacabanga ukuthi ingaba yinzuzo kumakhasimende abo. Ngakho-ke ngicabanga, uyazi, njengoba thina, njengoba siqhubeka sithengisa futhi sakha izitshalo eziningi, ukuthi iluphu yempendulo, ukusebenza ne, ukusebenza namaqembu engxube elungele ukhonkolo, ukusebenza nabadwebi bezakhiwo kuzoqhubeka nokubonisa amathuba amaningi lapho ukwaziswa kungasetshenziswa, okuzosiza ngokusobala, ngokuqhubekayo.

[00:17:43] UJackie De Burca: Ukutholwa unawo ama-anecdotes athakazelisayo ngale nqubo kanye nabanye abantu obukade uhlanganyela nabo? Kufanele ube nezindaba ezimnandi.

[00:17:51] URyan Gilliam: Kukhona, kuhlale kunezindaba ezithokozisayo, njengoba uphuma uye emakethe. Uyazi, mina, mina, ngasho ekuqaleni ngokuhlekisa ukuthi sithatha i-limestone futhi siyiguqule ibe yi-limestone. Ngakho-ke ungacabanga ukuthi kwesinye isikhathi kuwumthwalo osindayo ukuthi abantu babone futhi baqonde esikwenzayo nokuthi kungani kwenziwa, kungani kuhlukaniswa. Uyazi, lena, lena imboni endala lapho isiko lasePortland, lasePortland senziwa khona, amakhulu eminyaka. Ngakho-ke umqondo wokuletha into entsha ngempela abangakayiboni ungakwazi, kwesinye isikhathi ungashiya abantu benwaya amakhanda. Futhi ngakho-ke niyazi, indlela engcono kakhulu thina, esizungeza ngayo okungukuthi, sizothatha umkhiqizo we-100 phakathi nomhlangano, sizowuxuba, sizobabonisa ukuthi ukusetha njengo, njengosimende phakathi nomhlangano. okuyinto, evame ukuyithola, yenza wonke umuntu adlule kulokho, leso sihibe. Kodwa yebo, kunjalo, akulula, akulula ukuthengisa, kubantu bezobuchwepheshe, uyazi, kusukela ekuqaleni.

[00:18:47] UJackie De Burca: Kulungile, ngiyakuqonda lokho manje. Ingabe unomuzwa ongakanani kwezemvelo imikhiqizo yakho ezoba nawo esikhathini somjikelezo wempilo yayo? Manje ngiyazi ukuthi ukhuluma ngama-blends kanye nemikhiqizo engu-100%, ngakho-ke ngiyazi ukuthi kunobubanzi impela lapho, kodwa ngokuvamile ubuyini, yini, bekungaba yini ukubikezela kwakho?

[00:19:03] URyan Gilliam: Ngisho, ngakho-ke inhloso yethu ngempela ukufika kumkhiqizo wethu ongu-100% emakethe. Futhi lokho futhi ngisho nange-hydrocarbon feedstock, engicabanga ukuthi kuyiqiniso ngekusasa elibonakalayo ngenxa nje yokuncintisana kwezindleko, kanye neqiniso lokuthi okuvuselelekayo akuzona u-24,7 futhi uyakudinga lokho ukuze lezi zitshalo zezinga elikhulu zithethelele ezomnotho.

So that, that puts us at an 80% lower CO2, 70 to 80% lower CO2 per ton. And so that’s really the goal we have. I mean we have now more than 25 commercial plants under mouse and we’re working towards definitive agreements on them. So for us it’s about getting to as many of these plants as we can to, to reduce that, that CO2 in the space. The hard part is, is that cement is just such a large industry. When you’re Talking right now 45 billion tons a year, there’s projection that’s going to get to 7 billion tonnes by 2050. This is just such a huge, huge challenge to go after and it’s probably worth pointing out that, you know, there’s a lot of people that say, well, why don’t we just replace cement, concrete with other building materials that are greener? When you look at, on a ton per ton basis, while concrete is, you know, really CO2 intensive, it’s actually one of the lowest CO2 products per ton. The reason why it’s just 8% of the world’s CO2 emissions is because of just how much of it is actually produced. So, so the reality of concrete is actually on a comparative with other building materials is one of the greener building materials. And it stands up over time, long periods of time. I mean, you can see the whole imvelo eyakhiwe, umhlaba owakhiwe okuzungezile wakhiwe usimende nokhonkolo. Ngakho-ke, uyazi, asikuboni lokho kushintsha. Sicabanga ukuthi ukhonkolo yikho okudala impucuko yethu. Futhi ngakho-ke sinethemba lokuthi ekuhambeni kwethu singanciphisa inani elibalulekile le-CO2.

[00:20:52] Jackie De Burca: Some of the recent interviews that I’ve been doing, some of which, some of which have aired and some of which will be aired during November, are very much about like our role with nature and how urban and sort of peri. Urban areas now need to have some element of rewilding. What are your thoughts on that?

[00:21:12] Ryan Gilliam: That’s a, I mean, it’s a really interesting, interesting question. I think, you know, from just from a personal perspective. Yes, I, I think that, you know, having having nature around you is always, always a good thing. So, so I mean, I think that that from, from a personal side that completely makes sense. I’d like to believe that the way that we’re going about making cement concrete because it is better for the environment, because it actually requires less quarrying for every ton of product going out there, that it also has meaningful impacts in those ways as well. But yeah, I mean, I don’t live in a city center for, for that reason because of, of wanting some, some nature around me.

[00:21:51] Jackie De Burca: Yeah, absolutely. Fascinating conversations with a Dutch Canadian author who’s quite well known, Nadine Khora. And there’s even an app that you, you could have heard of yourself called Nature Dose. But if you’re like myself, when you live already by choice in a place where there is a lot of nature, you probably don’t need to use that. But you, you know, I guess from a business perspective, you’re trying to marry the two things and what the future looks like, you know.

[00:22:17] URyan Gilliam: Impela. Ngisho, ngicabanga ukuthi, kuzo zonke izimo, uzama ukwenza lezi, uyazi, ukuletha, uma uletha ibhizinisi elisha, kukhona ukugxila okubili okuncintisana njalo kulungile? Kukhona, kukhona abazama ukukwenza kube nenzuzo ukuze uqhubeke nokukala, ukhulise ibhizinisi. Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, uyazi, igunya lethu ekupheleni kosuku limayelana nokusimama, ngakho-ke kudingeka sikwenze lokho ngendlela efanele.

[00:22:38] UJackie De Burca: Yebo, kukhona, kunezinselelo eziningi ezikhathini esiphila kuzo, futhi ezingenza yonke into ihehe kakhulu ngasikhathi sinye. Kube yinselele, kusobala. Njengokubuyela emuva, uRyan, ekuphenduleni. Ngisho ukuthi, ngiyithandile indaba yakho mayelana nokuchithwa kukasimende ngesikhathi somhlangano, uyazi, ngo-100% womkhiqizo wakho.

Hlobo luni lwempendulo? Ngisho ukuthi, usemazweni ahlukene, usebenzisana nezinhlobo ezahlukene, uyazi, izinhlangano, abadwebi bezakhiwo, kanye nezingxube ezilungile nokunye. Ibe kanjani impendulo evela kwabangase ube ozakwethu ngokujwayelekile?

[00:23:11] URyan Gilliam: Ngakho-ke, ngakho-ke ngithi kuhle ngempela kubantu abafuna ukuyihlola. Unentshisekelo yokukhuluma ngezinyathelo ezilandelayo? Ngingathi ingxenye enzima ngobuchwepheshe obusha ihlale injalo, futhi uyazi, engikushoyo ukuthi wonke umuntu ufuna ukuba ngowokuqala, abe ngowesibili. Lezi zinkampani njengamanje azigunyaziwe ukwenza, ingxenye enkulu azigunyaziwe ukwenza ushintsho. Manje bonke benze izibopho ngo-2050 abafuna ukufinyelela ku-zero CO2. Ngakho yingakho kusobala ukuthi banentshisekelo yokubheka. Kodwa lokho kucindezela okwengeziwe ukuzenza basuke ekubukeni futhi babe nentshisekelo yokusebenza nakho kuze kube yilabo abasheshe bamukele kuhlale kuwukugxuma okunzima ukuthi izinkampani zikwenze. Ngakho-ke yilokho okutholwe okuningi kwamakhasimende esikwenzile kuwukuthola ngempela ukuthi singawaxazulula kanjani amaphuzu athile ezinhlungu zobuchwepheshe noma ezinye izinkinga kuwo noma sikwenze ezifundeni lapho singasebenzisa khona izikhuthazo ezanele ukubanikeza indaba eqinile yezomnotho kungani kufanele babe ngabamukeli bokuqala. Futhi yingakho ngobuchwepheshe obusha, bayibiza ngokuthi eyokuqala yesigodi sokufa esinomusa. Kepha kungukuthi ukudlula lokho kuqala, lezo zitshalo zokuqala, lapho usuka, uyazi, uxhaso oluncane lwezimali ukwenza ucwaningo nentuthuko oludinga ngempela ukuvula, niyazi, amashumi, amakhulu ezigidi zamadola ukwakha izitshalo, lokho empeleni lapho kukhona, kukhona, uyazi, obuningi balobu buchwepheshe ngeshwa bugcina buhlulekile yingoba kufanele udale ukuthi usithola kanjani isisombululo sebhizinisi lapho ukuze uthole abamukeli bokuqala ukuthi benze.

[00:24:40] UJackie De Burca: Yebo, impela, ungumuntu okhohlisayo, ukuba, uyazi, omusha, omusha wokumaketha umkhiqizo noma isevisi noma ubuchwepheshe. Kukho konke lokho, ingabe uke wathanda, izimakethe ezithile noma izindawo lapho obone khona amandla amakhulu kakhulu kokuhlangenwe nakho kwakho kuze kube manje?

[00:24:57] Ryan Gilliam: Yeah, I mean definitely the United States and Canada because of the, the environmental incentives that are in place between the tax incentives around CO2 and the voluntary offset market and the ability to get money towards capital costs. So even though our, again our technology works and the economics can be competitive without green, having those incentives in place makes it attractive enough on economics that you’re willing, that companies are willing to do first of a kind development where there is, there is obviously more risk. And so we’ve been focused on those regions because of those incentives and because it’s, it’s a clear path, path forward with, with companies. And that’s why we’ve, we’ve signed a considerable number of MOUs and are now in definitive agreements with, for a number of plants. The Europe I think has really interesting opportunities and there’s a lot of money available on sustainability. To be quite honest, it’s figuring out exactly how to unlock that to get the first adopters is still a work in progress. And then when it comes to north and Southeast Asia account for 60% of world’s cement production. So obviously if you want to have a meaningful impact on CO2, you eventually as a company have to be there. The, the incentive side piece from the government is not there. But it’s been interesting in working with those companies. I think they have different drivers, different ways of looking at the business, different ways of trying to reduce capital costs to be more competitive. That has led them to be, to be really interested in being early adopters as well. So again, a lot of this comes always back to, it’s really trying to understand from the customer point of view what is really going to be their driver to be, to be an early adopter of it. And I think again, it’s different region by region based off of either the incentives or how the business models work in those regions.

[00:26:41] UJackie De Burca: Impela, yebo. Kuphinde kuzwakale njengesimo esiyinselele kuwe nethimba lakho ngoba uyazi ukuthi zonke lezo zindawo ezintathu osanda kuzichaza zihluke kakhulu, akunjalo?

[00:26:54] URyan Gilliam: Impela. Ngisho ukuthi kwehlukile, kwezamabhizinisi. Kuhlukile endleleni owenza ngayo ukukhulisa futhi ezomnotho ziyimithethonqubo ehlukile emkhiqizweni. Ngakho-ke ngiqonde ukuthi kuhle, kuyinselelo enkulu ukuthola kodwa nakanjani, kuveza izinselelo zakho ngokubheka izifunda eziningi. Futhi yingakho, uyazi, sigxile eNyakatho Melika kwezinye zalezi zitshalo zokuqala ngoba sithole indlela ecacile esebenzayo. Kodwa sisebenza ngokuzimisela nakulezi ezinye izifunda, ukuze sizule nakuleyo ndlela.

[00:27:28] UJackie De Burca: Kumnandi. Manje hlobo luni lobambiswano lwamasu olwenzile ukusheshisa umsebenzi wakho?

[00:27:35] URyan Gilliam: Ngakho-ke kuyathakazelisa, ngisho, ngakho-ke sinobambiswano lwamasu ohlangothini lomkhiqizo futhi sibheka izinto ezifana nezixube. Ngakho-ke kumenyezelwe esidlangalaleni ukuthi i-San Gobain, ngakho inkampani yase-Europe yatshala imali kithi futhi ingenye yezixube ezihamba phambili emhlabeni zokhonkolo lukasimende. Ngakho-ke ngokuyisisekelo izengezo ezingasiza ukunikeza izici ezithile zokusebenza. Ngakho-ke sinobambiswano oluhle kakhulu olufana nalolo lapho kubhekwe khona ngempela ukuthola, ukuthola izithasiselo nezinto ezifana nalezo ezenzelwe umkhiqizo wethu ukuze unikeze ukusebenza okungcono noma unikeze izinhlobo ezahlukene zokusebenza kwekhasimende. Kodwa-ke uma kuziwa ezitshalweni zangempela ngokwazo, ngingasho ukuthi lolu kube uhambo oluthakazelisayo lokutholwa futhi. Siqale ukubheka ingxenye enkulu kulokho okungaba yimodeli yezezimali yephrojekthi, lapho wazi khona, besitshela ozakwethu futhi lokhu bekuwukuthi, lokhu bekuvela kulokho ebesikuzwile kubo, ukuthi ababheki. ukukhipha izindleko zekhephithali, kodwa besizokwenza, sizokwakha imboni, sizobeka imali enkulu endaweni futhi bazothola umthamo owengeziwe embonini yabo, i-CO2 ephansi ngethani ngalinye eliphuma embonini. Basayenza imaji kukho. Futhi indlela esingakwenza ngayo lokhu ngokusebenzisa isivumelwano sokuthatha isikhathi eside kubo ukuze siqinisekise ukuxhaswa kwephrojekthi. Manje inselele ngalokho ukuthi izivumelwano zokuthatha uhambo empeleni akuyona into evamile emhlabeni kasimende nhlobo. Ngakho ukwenza abantu bakhululeke, ukwenza abantu bakhululeke ngalokho. Kepha njengoba, njengoba isikhathi sesidlulile, njengoba abantu sebehlole izinto zethu, njengoba sebenethezekile ngakho, manje sinenhlanganisela yamamodeli lapho kusenayo leyo modeli yezezimali yephrojekthi lapho siletha khona imali etafuleni, kodwa futhi sinabalingani bakasimende manje abakhululekile ngomkhiqizo, abanethezekile ngethuba, abafuna ukuzifaka imali kubo. Ngakho-ke kungaphezu kohlobo lwelayisensi, imodeli yohlobo, nakho konke okuphakathi. Sinozakwethu oyedwa obheke ukufaka uhhafu wemali enkulu endaweni ngayinye. Futhi ngakho-ke ukusabalala okuhle kakhulu, kwamamodeli ebhizinisi ahlukene okuthi ungawayisa kanjani amakhasimende kuwo, awamukele futhi asebenzise impahla. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi mhlawumbe leyo, inzuzo, yokuthi sinjani, sakhiwe ukuthi singakwazi ukwenza wonke lawo mamodeli asebenze ngoba futhi, kithi, ekugcineni kosuku, imayelana nokukhipha ubuchwepheshe. ngobubanzi obunokwenzeka futhi sibe nomthelela omkhulu we-CO2 ngangokunokwenzeka.

[00:29:47] UJackie De Burca: Kuhle kakhulu. Manje bheka, ubheka phambili, Ryan, yini oyibona njengezinyathelo ezinkulu ezilandelayo zeForterra eminyakeni ezayo?

[00:29:53] URyan Gilliam: Konke kumayelana nokubulawa. Manje thina, ngesitshalo sethu sokuqala esiku-inthanethi, esinomkhiqizo ozomakethwa, onepayipi lamakhasimende, amaphrojekthi, uyazi, emisebenzini, imayelana nokubulawa. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi, uyazi, uma usuka enkampanini egxile kwezobuchwepheshe eyenza ubuchwepheshe obusha ngempela, obusindayo kubunjiniyela be-R no-D, niyazi, lokho kugxumela ekufinyeleleni ekuphathweni okwengeziwe kwephrojekthi kanye nokukhushulwa kwemali, elinye iqembu eliwumnyombo abantu okumele balethwe futhi bahlanganiswe. Ngakho-ke senze umsebenzi omuhle wokwakha lawo maqembu futhi manje sekuwukuqinisekisa ukuthi singakwazi ukushaya amashejuli nesabelomali ukuze siqhubekisele phambili amaphrojekthi.

[00:30:40] UJackie De Burca: Yebo, ngisho, ngicabanga ukuthi kuningi okwenzekayo. Kuyajabulisa ngempela. Ngokusobala, ngicabanga njengomholi enkampanini ehamba phambili kwezobuchwepheshe obuzinzile, kufanele kube nezici zomsebenzi wakho ezikukhuthaza ngempela. Bayini?

[00:30:55] URyan Gilliam: Ngiqonde ukuthi, mina, ngicabanga ukuthi futhi, ngake ngakhuluma ngalokhu ekuqaleni, kodwa ingxenye enzima kakhulu lapho uzama ukuletha ubuchwepheshe obusha emakethe ukuthi nje emangalisayo. Nsuku zonke kukhona okunye okuvelayo, owaziyo, obungakulindele, obungakulindele. Futhi kimina, niyazi, ukwakha iqembu nokuba yingxenye yeqembu, elibukeka zonke lezo zinselelo eziqhamukayo futhi lihlangane nazo bese sithola ukuthi zingazixazulula kanjani, ngisho ukuthi, kuhle kakhulu. Enye yezinto zethu, enye yezimiso zethu eziwumongo ukuwina kwethemba. Ngakho-ke, kufanele kube nenselelo ekhuphukayo futhi esikhundleni sokuwela kuyo, ukuba abantu bahlangane kuyo, bayithole futhi baqhubeke nokuyisa ibhola phambili. Uyazi, ngihlala ngigqugquzelwa, yiqembu esinalo kanye neqiniso lokuthi singakwazi ukuzenza lezi zinto, singenza lezi zinto zenzeke. Ngisho, i-Fortira iyinkampani enhle, enhle kakhulu. Ngisho ukuthi siphinda futhi, isonto elingaphambi kwe-COVID lapho sivula ilebhu yethu yokuqala. Ngakho-ke iqiniso lokuthi sinefekthri encane esebenzayo manje, sibeka umkhiqizo emakethe. Imakethe. Siseyiqembu elincane esikimini esikhulu sezinto, singabantu abangaba ngu-70. Ngakho lokho kimina yikho okungikhuthazayo. Futhi-ke ngokwazi ukuthi wethu, umlayezo wethu uyahlokoma, ungenisa lokho ovela emhlabeni kasimende, ukuthi abantu bahlole impahla yethu futhi, nokuba nentshisekelo kokuphathekayo, ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kungukunqoba okwengeziwe okusiza ukugcina lokho kugqugquzeleka kuqhubeke.

[00:32:14] UJackie De Burca: Uqinisekile. Kumelwe ukuba kujabulise ngempela ukuthola impendulo ezindaweni ezihlukene, ezihlukene emhlabeni futhi ezahlukene, uyazi, amaphrojekthi ahlukene nokunye.

[00:32:22] URyan Gilliam: Yebo, impela. Ngisho, uyazi, kungenye yalezo zinto futhi. Yilo lonke leli phuzu lokubeka ikhanda lakho phansi nokwenza. Ihlala izama ukukala lokho kanye nesikhathi esichithwe kulokho kuqhathaniswa ngokusobala nokungenayo nokuqhubeka nokukhulisa ibhizinisi nokuhlangana, ukuhlangana namakhasimende yonke indawo. Ngakho kunjalo, kungukuthi, kulinganisa labo ngendlela efanele. Kodwa, kodwa lokho, lokho kumnandi komsebenzi ngokuqinisekile.

[00:32:44] UJackie De Burca: Manje usuzijwayele kulesi sigaba njengosomabhizinisi. Isiphi iseluleko ongabe usinika uRyan kwabanye osomabhizinisi noma abasafufusa abafisa ukwenza umthelela omkhulu esikhaleni sokusimama?

[00:32:58] URyan Gilliam: Yebo, uyazi, ngicabanga ukuthi ngiku-clean tech, uyazi, bengiku-cleantech Kusukela ku-Clean Tech 1.0. Ngibone osomabhizinisi abaningi beshiya indawo.

Uyazi, ngenhlanhla, ngibone amaphutha amaningi afanayo enziwa izikhathi eziningi manje. Futhi ngenxa yokuthi kuyenzeka ngempela, kuningi okufika kwezomnotho futhi niyazi, angicabangi ukuthi yonke into ihlale isekelwe ngaleyo ndlela. Kodwa into yami enkulu ukuthi ngicabanga ngayo yonke inkampani yokuqala noma bonke ubuchwepheshe obusha, ngithi kukhona uhlobo lwebhamuza lokubona futhi kunebhamuza langempela. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi, uyazi, uma uqala ukuthola inzalo ezintathelini, kubatshalizimali, kungase kube nokuthambekela kokuqala ukushelela kakhulu kubhamuza lombono futhi kwakhiwe ukuthi inkampani inkulu kangakanani ngokuphambene nokugxila ngempela. kubhamuza langempela lesikali sokwenza nokuxazulula izinkinga zakho zobuchwepheshe, zobuchwepheshe. Futhi, uyazi, ngicabanga ukuthi uma kukhona iseluleko enginaso, yilokho nje, uyazi, qiniseka, uyazi, uhlala uthembekile kumagugu akho, uthembekile kuwe mayelana nokuthi ubuchwepheshe bukuphi. Ubeka abantu, isikhathi nomzamo ekuxazululeni izinkinga zobuchwepheshe kanye nezindaba zebhizinisi njengoba zivela. Futhi uma ugxila kakhulu kulokho, yilokho okuzokwakha ukwethembeka embonini futhi wenze abantu bakubheke futhi bakuthathe, basebenzise ubuchwepheshe bakho. Ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi, kimina, kube nje, beka ikhanda lakho phansi futhi ugxile kukho, ekwenzeni kusebenze.

[00:34:19] UJackie De Burca: Ngakho-ke abalaleli bethu bangafunda kanjani okwengeziwe ngeForterra futhi bahlanganyele nani bafana nomsebenzi wenu?

[00:34:26] URyan Gilliam: Ngisho, ngicabanga ngezindlela ezimbalwa ezihlukene. Enye, uyazi, manje simatasa sakha izitshalo. Futhi ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi eyodwa uma wena, lapho ubona, lapho ubona isikhwama sikasimende ngesikhathi esithile endleleni enalokho, uyazi, uhlobo olulingana ne-intel ngaphakathi kwesitembu seFortiera Fortified kuso esibonisa ukuthi eluhlaza, niyazi, yiba, uzimisele ukuthenga. Ngoba ngicabanga, ngicabanga ukuthi inhlolovo yemakethe izodingeka ukuze uthole ukutholwa okubanzi. Kuzodingeka kube namakhasimende lawo, lawo, afuna izinto eziluhlaza. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lowo mkhuba usuvele usenzeka. Kodwa, kodwa ngiqonde ukuthi leyo yinkambiso engicabanga ukuthi ibalulekile ukuqhubeka nayo, ukuze abantu bafune, kulezi zinkampani zikasimende ukuthi zifune ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusha. Kepha, kepha ngokuya nge, inkampani uqobo, ngisho ukuthi, sizama futhi sivuleleke kuzo zonke izinto esizenzayo.

Uyazi, kuwebhusayithi yethu. Mina, ngicabanga ukuthi thina, simatasa ezingqungqutheleni eziningi zikasimende nezokhonkolo sikhuluma ngesikwenzayo. Ngakho-ke uyazi, thina, si, siqhubeka nokuzama ukukhipha izwi lapho futhi, futhi nakakhulu ukuthi, uyazi, umphakathi udala lokho kudonsa, lokho kuzoba usizo. .

[00:35:31] UJackie De Burca: Kumnandi. Ngakho-ke ngiqonde ukuthi sihlanganise okuningi ngokusobala, Ryan, kodwa ingabe ikhona eminye imibono noma izeluleko ongathanda ukwabelana ngazo nezithameli namuhla?

[00:35:40] URyan Gilliam: Cha, ngicabanga ukuthi sesihlanganise okuningi ngesikhathi lapha.

Ngicabanga nje ukuthi kunjalo. Into yami eyinhloko mhlawumbe ezilalelini ukuthi ngicabanga ukuthi kunesizathu esihle sokuba nethemba kanye nethemba esikhaleni. Ngicabanga ukuxazulula izinto endaweni eluhlaza, ukuxazulula izinto ngokusimama, ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-hydrocarbon noma ukukhishwa kwamandla, insimbi nosimende. Ngicabanga ukuthi akhona amathuba angempela. Kunezinkampani ezizama ngempela ukuxazulula lezi zinkinga eziya phambili kwezohwebo. Ngakho ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngicabanga ukuthi kunesizathu esihle sokuba nethemba kulesi sikhala. Kusazothatha isikhathi. Uyazi, lezi izimboni ezinkulu, ngakho akukho okuzokwenzeka ngobusuku obubodwa. Kodwa ngibonile kusukela ekuthakazelweni engikubonile emhlabeni wesimende, kusukela ekuthakazelweni engikubonile emhlabeni okhonkolo, kusukela ekuthakazelweni engikubonile kubakhi bezakhiwo, kusukela ekuthakazelweni esikubonile abatshalizimali babheke ukubeka imali kumaphrojekthi esimeme. Kunesizathu esihle ngempela sokuba nethemba lokukwazi ukuxazulula le nkinga enkulu.

[00:36:38] Jackie De Burca: I do agree with you. I have to say in the various conversations that I’ve had with other experts and with yourself today, there’s a lot of room for optimism. And you know, the question is now people embracing your, you know, what you’re doing in Forterra and various other technologies and ideas that move us quickly towards a greener future that we so, you know, we so badly need. But, but there’s so much room for optimism. Ryan, I do agree wholeheartedly with you on that.

[00:37:05] URyan Gilliam: Yebo. Futhi mhlawumbe lokho kuyinto eyodwa nje yokusho kanye naleli themba ukuthi, uyazi, ngicabanga ukuthi izikhathi eziningi sibuzwa ukuthi, obani abaqhudelana nathi esikhaleni? Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu okujabulisayo ukuthi zonke izinkampani ezihlukene zibheka izindlela ezahlukene zikasimende oluhlaza. Sonke siyazana, empeleni. Sisebenza ngokubambisana ohlotsheni lwemithetho ehlanganisiwe ukusiza ngempela ukuphusha imboni. Futhi-ke, niyazi, indawo enkulu kangangokuthi, kuyo yonke imibono ehlukene engaba khona nezisombululo ezikhona, kuzoba nezitshalo lapho ezinye zingasebenza kangcono kunezinye, noma izimakethe lapho ezinye zingase zisebenze kangcono. kunabanye. Ngakho-ke iqiniso liwukuthi, lapho abantu bengibuza, yiziphi izimbangi zethu, empeleni angikubheki njengendawo yokuncintisana. Ngicabanga ukuthi kunethuba lokuthi sonke sifunde komunye nomunye kanye nendlela yebhizinisi yokusiza futhi ukukhishwa ngokubanzi ngokwanele ukuze kube nomthelela ku-Siva, futhi.

[00:37:53] UJackie De Burca: Yebo, ngicabanga ukuthi lokho nakho kulungile, njengoba ngikhulume nesivakashi ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ngendlela efanayo. Ngesihloko esifanayo. Ngakho ngicabanga ukuthi yilokho. Ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele sithi yiba nethemba, samukele, uyazi, ubuchwepheshe, kuhlanganise ne-Forterra, futhi siye ekusaseni eliluhlaza esilidingayo.

[00:38:12] URyan Gilliam: Uvuma ngokuphelele.

[00:38:13] UJackie De Burca: Ngiyabonga kakhulu ngesikhathi sakho, Ryan.

[00:38:14] URyan Gilliam: Kuhle. Ngiyabonga kakhulu, Jackie.

[00:38:15] UJackie De Burca: Lawa amazwi akhayo.