The invention relates to a method for producing
cement clinker and
processing associated
carbon dioxide into
methanol, comprising the following steps: preheating a
raw material consisting of
silicate-containing and
lime-containing rocks in a preheater; calcining the
raw material in a calcining furnace (120);
sintering the calcined
raw material in a
rotary kiln (130) wherein the
exhaust gas of the
rotary kiln (130) reaches the calcining furnace (120) and further flows there into a preheater; the sintered
cement clinker is cooled in a clinker cooler (140), in which a first portion of the cooling air from the clinker cooler (140) flows as primary air into a
rotary kiln burner (135) for heating the rotary
kiln (130), and in which a second portion of the cooling air from the clinker cooler (140) flows as secondary air into the rotary
kiln burner (135) for heating the rotary
kiln (130). A second portion of the cooling air from the clinker cooler (140) flows as
tertiary air via a
tertiary air duct (150) to the calcining furnace (120), and wherein a third portion of the cooling air from the clinker cooler (140) is discharged as
exhaust gas or used to dry the electrolytic
sludge, the
exhaust gas from the preheater flows entirely or partially and directly or indirectly into the reactor (220) for the production of
methanol (CH3OH) from
carbon dioxide (CO2) and
carbon monoxide (CO) contained in the exhaust gas in such a way that it reacts with
hydrogen (H2) in the reactor (220). According to the invention, the high-temperature
electrolysis cell (210) is heated with heat from the above method in order to generate
hydrogen (H2) from the preheated
electrolyte, such that the
electrolyte is heated to a temperature between 100 DEG C and 850 DEG C.