ZEN Carbon Moves From Lab to Factory With Concrete Plant Deployment
ZEN Carbon has moved from pilot stage to live industrial deployment by partnering with Flamingo Concrete, a ready-mix concrete supplier in Kenya, to embed CO₂ mineralization directly into concrete production. It’s a small but meaningful proof point: carbon removal integrated into one of the most widely used building materials on the planet, operating inside a real production facility rather than a lab. Why it matters Concrete is everywhere. It’s the second most consumed material on Earth after water, and its production is responsible for roughly 8% of global CO₂ emissions. Most decarbonization efforts in this sector focus upstream, on making cement with fewer emissions. ZEN Carbon is taking a different angle: mineralizing CO₂ during the concrete mixing process itself, turning the finished product into a permanent carbon sink. If the approach works at scale, it could turn buildings and infrastructure from emission sources into storage. ...