Ireland: A consortium including Cairn, Ecocem, Kilsaran and University College Dublin has secured €50,000 from Construct Innovate, Ireland's national Construction Technology Centre, to validate low-carbon cement technology. The project will reportedly demonstrate Ecocem’s ACT cement technology in Ireland for the first time at full scale. Ecocem said that ACT emits up to 70% less CO₂ than conventional cement. The company is building a €50m ACT production plant in Dunkirk, France, which is due to start commercial operations in late 2026. The plant is part of a wider €220m investment programme by the company. The funding won will go towards a full-scale demonstration project and an independent technical assessment at UCD. Eceocem said that the outcome will provide Cairn with proof of ‘buildability’ and CO₂ reduction, Ecocem with the validation of its technology, and Kilsaran with a new low-carbon product stream.
John Reddy, Director of Concrete Technology Deployment at Ecocem, said “Having already been successfully deployed in markets such as the UK and France, we are delighted to bring this innovation to Ireland and to see it independently validated in a real-world setting. This milestone reinforces our confidence in ACT as a scalable solution to support a rapid and cost-effective transition to low-carbon construction.”
