The invention relates to a method for producing
cement clinker by
processing accumulated
carbon dioxide in order to form
methanol, having the steps of pre-heating a raw
meal made of
silicate-containing and
lime-containing rock in a pre-heater, calcinating the raw
meal in a calciner (120),
sintering the calcinated raw
meal in a
rotary furnace (130), the
exhaust gas of the
rotary furnace (130) reaching the calciner (120) and flowing on from there into the pre-heater, and cooling the sintered
cement clinker in a clinker cooler (140), wherein a first portion of the cooling air from the clinker cooler (140), in the form of primary air, flows in a
rotary furnace burner (135) in order to heat the rotary furnace (130), a second portion of the cooling air from the clinker cooler (140), in the form of
tertiary air, flows to the calciner (120) via a
tertiary air line (150), and a third portion of the cooling air is ejected from the clinker cooler (140) as exhaust air or is used to dry
electrolysis sludge. The
exhaust gas from the pre-heater flows completely or partly and directly or indirectly into a reactor (220) in order to produce
methanol (CH3OH) from the
carbon dioxide (CO2) and
carbon monoxide (CO) contained in the
exhaust gas in that the exhaust gas is reacted with
hydrogen (H2) in the reactor (220). According to the invention, a high-temperature
electrolysis cell (210) is heated with heat from the aforementioned method in order to generate
hydrogen (H2) from a pre-heated
electrolyte so that the
electrolyte is heated to a temperature between 100°C und 850°C.