Toronto, Canada / Madrid, Spain – CURA announced at the Spain-Canada Business Summit in Toronto that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ACCIONA, the global sustainable-infrastructure leader generating more than $20B in 2024 sales. CURA is pioneering energy-efficient electrochemical cement production that cuts CO₂ emissions by up to 85%.

Under this collaboration, cement produced using CURA’s process will be validated for deployment in one of ACCIONA’s flagship projects. The partnership will focus on rigorously assessing both the performance and the emissions profile of CURA’s low‑carbon cement, marking a critical step toward large‑scale adoption in the construction sector.

Cement is an essential building material and the ‘glue’ that holds concrete together; however, traditional cement manufacturing accounts for 8% of global CO₂ emissions. The team at CURA recognizes the role that cement manufacturing plays in climate change and is dedicated to working with cement manufacturers to build technology that can reduce their emissions while still producing industry-standard products, like Ordinary Portland cement (OPC).

This partnership will enable ACCIONA to provide its clients, in the more than 40 countries where it operates, with solutions to reduce embodied carbon in new infrastructure.

“The collaboration with ACCIONA marks an important step in CURA’s path from laboratory innovation to field-tested performance,” said Erin Bobicki, CEO of CURA. “ACCIONA’s global leadership in sustainable infrastructure development makes them an ideal partner to help validate cement made with CURA’s technology and demonstrate how we can reduce the carbon required to produce the foundations of our built environment.”

In the first phase of the agreement, CURA will supply low-carbon cement produced by its technology for ACCIONA to conduct key performance testing and life cycle assessment. Successful outcomes of this initial phase will result in both parties exploring opportunities for pilot-scale deployment in one of ACCIONA’s flagship sustainability projects.

“At ACCIONA, innovation and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do,” said Jose Vera-Agullo, Executive Technical Leader at ACCIONA. “We are constantly evaluating emerging technologies that can accelerate the decarbonization of infrastructure. Testing CURA’s technology aligns perfectly with our mission to reduce Scope 3 emissions and to transform how we build for a more sustainable world.”

ACCIONA’s leadership in sustainable construction is demonstrated by their commitment to support CURA’s product validation. Through this collaboration, the two companies are accelerating the decarbonization  of the world’s most essential building material.