Cement & Lime
Clinker emissions, alternative fuels, material substitution, electrification and carbon capture.
Explore Cement & LimeABOUT TERRAVIA
Industrial transitionneeds more than ambition.
Terravia is an industrial decarbonisation advisory firm helping energy-intensive businesses turn climate ambition into practical technology, investment and implementation decisions.
We work where strategy meets engineering, economics and the realities of operating industrial assets.
WHO WE ARE
Built for the decisionsbetween strategy and execution.
Industrial companies rarely lack decarbonisation ideas.
The harder problem is deciding which technologies belong in the pathway, where they should be deployed, when capital should be committed and how those decisions interact across assets that may operate for decades.
Terravia exists to help answer those questions.
“We turn long-term transition ambition into decisions that can be engineered, financed and delivered.
OUR PERSPECTIVE
The transition will be wonasset by asset.
Industrial decarbonisation is often discussed through global targets, technology forecasts and sector pathways.
Implementation happens differently.
It happens at individual furnaces, kilns, production lines and plants — each with its own economics, constraints, infrastructure and investment cycle.
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Technology must fit the process.
A promising technology has little value if it cannot satisfy the temperature, throughput, quality, reliability or operating requirements of the asset.
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Economics must survive uncertainty.
Investment decisions should remain credible across changing energy prices, carbon costs, technology performance and infrastructure availability.
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Timing matters as much as technology.
The right intervention at the wrong point in an asset cycle can destroy value or create unnecessary stranded capital.
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A roadmap should lead to decisions.
Transition plans should define what happens now, what needs preparation and which future commitments remain conditional.
HOW WE WORK
From uncertaintyto an investable pathway.
Our work combines industrial understanding with structured technical and economic analysis.
We move from the realities of the existing asset base toward a sequence of increasingly specific decisions.
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Understand
Start with the industrial system.
Establish the emissions baseline, process requirements, existing assets, infrastructure, constraints and investment cycles.
Outputs
- Asset baseline
- Emissions profile
- Process requirements
- Site constraints
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Evaluate
Test the credible options.
Compare technologies and interventions against technical feasibility, economics, maturity and infrastructure requirements.
Outputs
- Technology screening
- Abatement potential
- Techno-economic models
- Scenario analysis
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Prioritise
Identify where action creates value.
Separate near-term opportunities from enabling investments and decisions that should remain conditional.
Outputs
- Opportunity portfolio
- Site prioritisation
- Investment cases
- Decision gates
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Sequence
Build the investment pathway.
Align interventions with asset cycles, infrastructure development and strategic milestones.
Outputs
- Investment roadmap
- Capital sequencing
- Implementation phases
- Long-term transition pathway
OUR FOCUS
Deep industrial expertisewhere transition is hardest.
Terravia focuses on energy-intensive industries where process emissions, high-temperature heat, long-lived assets and major capital requirements make decarbonisation particularly difficult.
Glass & Ceramics
Furnace electrification, hybrid systems, hydrogen and long-term energy strategy.
Explore Glass & CeramicsChemicals
Process heat, steam systems, feedstocks, electrification and integrated site energy systems.
Explore ChemicalsMetals
High-temperature processes, electrification, alternative fuels and major production-asset transitions.
Explore MetalsOUR PEOPLE
Senior experts.Hands-on partners.
Terravia brings together practitioners with experience across industry, energy systems, engineering, economics and major capital programmes.
The people advising the work stay close to the work.
Marie Dupont
Partner
Strategy & Transformation
Marie works with industrial leadership teams to translate long-term decarbonisation ambitions into portfolio strategies and actionable transformation programmes.
James Morley
Partner
Technology & Economics
James specialises in evaluating emerging industrial technologies and building the economic evidence required for major technology decisions.
Luca Bianchi
Partner
Investment & Implementation
Luca works across capital planning, asset strategy and implementation, connecting transition pathways with the realities of industrial investment cycles.
Sarah Chen
Principal
Industrial Energy Systems
Sarah focuses on industrial heat, electrification and energy infrastructure, helping clients understand how changing energy systems affect plant-level decisions.
WHAT GUIDES THE WORK
Independent thinking.Practical advice.
Evidence before preference.
We begin with the problem rather than a preferred technology or predetermined pathway.
Quantify the uncertainty.
Where the future cannot be known, we model the variables that matter and make their implications visible.
Respect the asset.
Industrial plants are operating businesses, not abstract emissions models. Reliability, quality and production remain fundamental.
Keep options open when it creates value.
Not every decision should be made today. Good strategies distinguish commitment from preparation.
Make the work usable.
Our analysis is designed to support investment decisions and implementation — not simply produce another strategy document.
TERRAVIA
Focused by design.
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- industrial sectors
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- core capabilities
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- integrated approach
where we concentrate our expertise
strategy, technology and investment
from ambition to implementation
Core Expertise
- Decarbonisation Strategy
- Technology & Economics
- Investment Roadmaps
WORK WITH TERRAVIA
Bring clarity to your next transition decision.
Whether you are defining a decarbonisation strategy, comparing competing technologies or preparing for a major investment, we can help turn uncertainty into a practical pathway forward.
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