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In a first, cement giant to tap thermal batteries for cleaner heat

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Making the cement that holds together our buildings and streets is a highly carbon-intensive process — one that involves burning lots of fossil fuels to blast materials with searing heat. But startups are developing technologies that could use clean electricity to produce cement instead, and a Boston-based firm is…