With plans to triple last year's production of the engines fitted with the fuel-saving technologies to close to 500,000 units by 2015, the 1.0 engine which has already been introduced in the Focus in the UK—but not in Ireland—will front the campaign, with the engine being built in a new plant in Craiova, Romania.
EcoBoost engines can provide a claimed 15 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.
More than half of Ford cars sold in Europe will be equipped with EcoBoost engines by 2015.
There are also 1.6 and 2.0 petrol engines in the company's European EcoBoost lineup. The technology has been very important in the US for Ford's efforts to meet ever more stringent emissions targets there.
The 1.0 EcoBoost will be available in the C-Max and B-Max MPVs later this year.
For also plans to increase nine-fold the number of EcoBoost technology engines outside Europe by 2015, to 800,000 units.
The technology is based on turbocharging and direct injection.
By 2015, the EU is requiring from carmakers a 20 percent reduction from the 2006 target of 161.3g/km for their fleets.
