The California Energy Commission on June 22 approved Agreement EPC-25-053 with C-Crete Technologies LLC, clearing a $3,218,538 EPIC grant for a decentralized manufacturing process for low-carbon cementitious binders.
According to the commission’s business-meeting packet, the project is designed to develop and demonstrate a pilot process that could replace up to 90% of ordinary Portland cement with industrial waste, natural pozzolans and C-Crete’s binder. The work is slated to take place at an existing facility in San Leandro.
The resolution says the commission adopted staff CEQA findings and treated the project as exempt under CEQA Guidelines section 15301 because the work would occur within the existing facility footprint, use existing utility connections and involve pilot-scale equipment without outside construction or a change in use.
The grant request form and scope of work say the agreement runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030. Planned work includes site design and engineering, construction and installation of a pilot plant, startup and commissioning, parametric testing, long-term performance analysis, fabrication and testing of binders, ready-mix concrete demonstrations, reporting, and technology-transfer activities.
The packet also lists Holliday Rock Co., Inc. as a subcontractor with $6,000 in CEC funds and Cision US Inc. as a subcontractor with $6,000 in match funds. Rouzbeh Savary is named as the recipient’s administrator and project manager.
The business-meeting materials show the item was presented as a discussion item. The resolution authorizes the executive director or designee to execute the agreement.
