Irish Cement to receive fossil fuel replacement go-ahead

Limerick City and County Council have informed Irish Cement of their intention to grant the cement producer planning permission for its fossil fuel replacement project at its Mungret plant in Limerick, Ireland.

The Mungret works is the last remaining cement plant in Ireland to start a fossil fuel replacement programme. The practice has been successfully used in Ireland for the past nine years.

“We now look forward to the licence decision by the EPA later this year, which, if successful, will pave the way for the Limerick factory to gradually reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels,” said Irish Cement.

The EUR10m investment will help secure the future of the plant and reduce its carbon emissions by up to 40,000tpa.