CCUS Xchange USA 2026|Houston, TX|November 18, 2026
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The Circular Carbon Advantage: On-Site Decarbonization for Foundation Industries

Grant Budge is the CEO of PeroCycle, a pioneering deep-tech venture utilizing closed-loop carbon recycling to deeply decarbonize the global steel industry. With three decades of executive experience, Grant has successfully led large-scale carbon capture, infrastructure, and industrial energy projects. A specialist in navigating complex public and private funding environments, he excels at driving breakthrough climate technologies from early-stage ambition to commercial execution.

Today, he steers PeroCycle through its critical commercial scaling and pilot deployment.

Featured Session

The Circular Carbon Advantage: On-Site Decarbonization for Foundation Industries

Wednesday, November 18, 2026 · 14:30 – 15:00

A practical look at how on-site, closed-loop carbon recycling turns captured carbon dioxide into an economic resource — delivering modular, energy-efficient decarbonization for foundation industries such as steel.

Session Takeaways
  • Unlocking resource efficiency by treating captured carbon dioxide as an economic resource rather than a waste disposal liability
  • Integrating low-cost, on-site thermochemical conversion technology to transform carbon emissions into industrial resources within existing infrastructure
  • Providing a modular, highly energy-efficient decarbonization pathway for foundation industries lacking immediate access to hydrogen

Key topics and specialisms

Carbon Capture & Storage Carbon Recycling Steel Decarbonization Industrial Energy Climate Technology Infrastructure Projects Project Funding Commercial Scaling