France: Vicat has won a Major Industrial Decarbonisation Projects grant for its Vicat Advanced Industrial Alliance carbon capture project from the French government. The project aims to capture and store 1.2Mt/yr of CO₂ from the company’s Montalieu-Vercieu cement plant, the largest in the country. DPA-AFX News has reported that the project previously won EU Innovation Fund backing in November 2025, with a final investment decision due in 2027.
Vicat’s Montalieu-Vercieu carbon capture project secures French government funding
