ARC Bio, a Canadian joint venture, ran biocrude from forest residues through a refinery-style unit and produced jet-range fuel, adding data for a sustainable aviation fuel pathway still under ASTM evaluation. ARC Bio has shown that biocrude made from Canadian forest residues can run through a refinery-style fluid catalytic cracking…
Average concrete embodied carbon in UK ready-mixed supply fell about 5% in 2025, the latest industry benchmark shows, as Portland-limestone cements gained ground after a 2023 revision to the British Standard for concrete. Average concrete embodied carbon in the UK fell by about 5% in 2025, according to the Low…
France commissioned three hybrid furnaces in 2026, positioning its glass sector as Europe’s largest adopter of hybrid furnaces, with some sites cutting carbon dioxide emissions by up to 64%. France’s glass sector has commissioned three hybrid furnaces this year, positioning the country to become the European nation with the largest…
The American Cement Association has published a unified product category rule covering cement and supplementary materials, standardising how embodied carbon is measured and reported across the US and Canadian markets. The American Cement Association published a unified product category rule on 4 September that consolidates three previous standards into a…
A new International Energy Agency report says thermal storage could enable cost-effective industrial electrification of around 40% of low- and medium-temperature fossil fuel heat, with food and dairy processing best placed to benefit. The International Energy Agency said in a special report on electrification published on 22 September that thermal…
NSG Group has completed a float glass recycling trial at its Chiba Plant, reprocessing end-of-life laminated glass from a University of Tokyo building into new glass products. NSG Group has completed a float glass recycling trial at its Chiba Plant in Ichihara City, in what it calls horizontal recycling, feeding…
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INEOS Energy has brought the Greensand offshore carbon storage site off Esbjerg into full operation, the European Union’s first full-scale facility, with capacity to store up to 8 million tonnes a year. INEOS Energy, with partners Harbour Energy and Denmark’s Nordsøfonden, has brought the Greensand offshore carbon storage site off Esbjerg into full operation, formally opened on 18 September by King Frederik X of Denmark in front of industry and government officials. The facility is storing 400,000 tonnes of CO2 a year in its first commercial phase, with a path to between 4 million and 8 million tonnes annually at…
Sanofi, UCB and Opella Healthcare have joined AstraZeneca as founding members of the Clean Heat Program, targeting industrial heat as the largest remaining source of pharmaceutical manufacturing emissions. Multinational pharmaceutical companies Sanofi, UCB and Opella Healthcare Group have joined AstraZeneca as founding members of the Clean Heat Program, an initiative created by supply chain intelligence network Secaro and sustainability consultancy ERM to replace fossil-fuel heating across pharmaceutical manufacturing sites. AstraZeneca first joined the programme in December 2025, and its expansion to three further multinationals broadens the coalition working on a part of pharmaceutical manufacturing that has proved hard to decarbonise.…
Bulgaria’s glass packaging industry has launched a national Close the Glass Loop platform to raise collection for glass recycling, aiming to help meet the EU’s 90% target by 2030. Bulgaria’s glass packaging value chain has united to launch a new national platform for glass collection and recycling, joining a Europe-wide push by trade body FEVE to close the loop on packaging glass before 2030. Close the Glass Loop Bulgaria brings together extended producer responsibility organisations, glass manufacturers and recyclers, waste management operators and municipalities. Georgi Slavchev, procurator of coordinator Ecobulpack, said Bulgaria already collects 84% of its glass packaging waste…
Calgary-based Cura has closed a $10 million USD funding round to expand its electrochemical low-carbon cement pilot with Grand Forks Concrete, a step toward commercial-scale production in Alberta. Calgary-based cleantech company Cura has closed a $10 million USD ($14 million CAD) funding round on 17 September, its second tranche, to accelerate commercial development of its low-carbon cement technology near Taber, Alberta. The round was led by Zacua Ventures, with Sandpiper Ventures, Vantage Futures, Amplify Capital, the University of Calgary’s UCEED fund, the Mount Rundle Club and Sebastian Becker also participating. Zacua’s Juan Nieto joins Cura’s board of directors. Cement is…
The Hydrogen Council’s latest Hydrogen Compass report puts the global low-carbon hydrogen pipeline at $130 billion and 6.9 million tonnes a year, with ammonia the leading offtake. The Hydrogen Council said in its latest annual Hydrogen Compass report that the global low-carbon hydrogen project pipeline has grown to $130 billion and 6.9 million tonnes a year of capacity across 570 projects, with 90% of that capacity under construction or already operational. The figures mark a maturing pipeline, with a growing share of projects moving past the announcement stage into construction and operation. Ammonia remains the dominant offtake for the pipeline,…
Kanin Energy raised $100 million from S2G Investments and Canada Growth Fund to expand waste heat recovery across cement, steel, refining and gas plants, cutting costs and emissions. Kanin Energy has raised $100 million in new equity to expand waste heat recovery projects across North American cement, steel, refining and…
ENEOS Holdings used AI catalyst discovery from Matlantis and NVIDIA to screen 100 million candidate materials for hydrogen electrolysis, cutting a years-long search to just months. ENEOS Holdings has used AI catalyst discovery to screen around 100 million candidate materials for hydrogen electrolysis, cutting a search that once took years…
Google will buy green steel certificates from Stegra’s Boden plant in northern Sweden, helping fund near-zero-emission steelmaking as the tech giant works to offset its own rising emissions. Google will buy green steel certificates linked to Stegra’s plant in Boden, northern Sweden, the two companies said on Thursday, as the…
China’s CESTRI has opened a demonstration plant that turns coal fly ash into fly ash geopolymer concrete, a cement-free binder the institute says cuts emissions and costs against Portland cement. The CHN Energy Science and Technology Research Institute (CESTRI) has opened a demonstration base in China that converts coal fly…
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BMW’s Car2Car consortium has shown that additional sorting can strip copper from end-of-life vehicle scrap well enough to make flat steel for cars, with more than 100,000 series parts already built and installed. High-quality material loops are technically feasible in the automotive industry, and copper-bearing impurities in steel scrap can be reduced notably, BMW said after completing its Car2Car research project with partners, EUROMETAL reported on 27 August. The project focused on steel, aluminium and copper, and also considered other materials including glass. BMW’s consortium included Scholz Recycling, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe and Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung, alongside academic partners such as…
UNEP says copper demand will rise more than 40% by 2040 while mined output peaks around 2030, leaving a projected shortfall of 6.5 million tonnes within the next five years. Demand for copper will rise more than 40% by 2040 while mined production is expected to peak around 2030 and then flatten or decline, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. The projection appears in a UNEP article published on 27 August on securing the materials the energy transition needs. Copper carries electrification. Electric vehicles use up to four times as much of it as traditional combustion engines, and it…
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Carbon capture developer Mantel has raised $18 million from Constellation Technology Ventures and Azimut Investments, taking total funding to $50 million as it moves molten borate capture into power, pulp and oil and gas projects. Mantel has raised $18 million from Constellation Technology Ventures, Azimut Investments and existing investors to accelerate commercial deployment of its carbon capture technology. The round takes the company’s total capital raised to $50 million. The money supports projects already moving through Mantel’s commercial pipeline, spanning power generation, oil and gas, pulp and paper and other industrial sectors. The company is advancing deployments in Canada and…
Japan’s trade ministry has asked for JPY 1.26 trillion in its fiscal 2027 budget request for green transformation, more than double this year’s allocation, with electric arc furnace conversion and green steel procurement in the frame. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has requested JPY 1.26 trillion ($7.88 billion) for green transformation measures in its fiscal year 2027 budget proposal. The figure is more than double the JPY 605 billion ($3.79 billion) allocated in the initial fiscal year 2026 budget. METI’s overall request, covering its general and special accounts, comes to JPY 7.79 trillion ($48.76 billion). The proposed allocations…
Carbon registry Isometric has put a draft Low Carbon Cement Protocol for environmental attribute certificates out to consultation until 21 September, built to meet the integrity criteria of SBTi’s Corporate Net-Zero 2.0 standard. Isometric has published a draft Low Carbon Cement Protocol covering environmental attribute certificates for cement and concrete, according to Global Concrete. The registry announced the draft on 25 August and will hold a consultation on it until 21 September 2026. The protocol is designed to meet the integrity criteria of the Science Based Targets initiative’s Corporate Net-Zero 2.0 standard. Isometric operates as an emissions registry across the…
AGC will work with Obayashi Corporation to recycle waste window glass from its demolition sites into float glass, starting with the former MUFG Bank head office in Tokyo. AGC has agreed to work with Obayashi Corporation to establish a closed-loop recycling process that turns waste window glass from Obayashi’s demolition sites into raw material for AGC’s architectural float glass. The first application will be the demolition of MUFG Bank’s head office in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Waste window glass collected from the demolition site will be gathered and processed into cullet through an intermediate treatment process. The cullet will then be transported…
The Center for Green Market Activation, RMI and 3Degrees have launched a buyers’ alliance to pool food and beverage industry demand for green ammonia, targeting a first purchase round in Q4 2026. The Center for Green Market Activation (GMA), RMI and 3Degrees have launched the Green Ammonia Buyers Alliance (GABA), a new initiative to help food and beverage companies pool their purchasing power and accelerate investment in green ammonia production, the organisations said on 14 September. The programme includes founding members from leading food and beverage companies. Green ammonia is produced using renewable electricity and water rather than natural gas,…
Peter Liese, the European Parliament’s lead ETS negotiator, has proposed directing 75% of carbon market revenue to industrial decarbonisation, above the European Commission’s proposed 50% share. Peter Liese, the European Parliament’s lead negotiator on reforms to the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), has proposed that member states allocate 75% of ETS revenues to decarbonising local industries. The European Commission had proposed a 50% share. The EU ETS requires industries and power plants to buy permits covering their carbon dioxide emissions, and is central to the bloc’s plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Rising carbon costs have added pressure on…
Energy group Moeve and steelmaker ArcelorMittal have set up an equal-share green steel platform to bring green hydrogen, biomethane and other low-carbon fuels into steelmaking, backed by Asturias agency Sekuens. Spanish energy group Moeve and steelmaker ArcelorMittal have formed a joint innovation platform to speed the shift to green steel, in a partnership announced on 9 September. The equal-share venture operates under a framework the two companies call Green Molecules to Green Steel, or G2G, and will build a dedicated technology platform aimed at making green steel commercially viable. Moeve, the Spanish energy group formerly known as Cepsa, and ArcelorMittal,…
Fifteen European businesses, including Heidelberg Materials, Holcim and Stegra, have written to EU lawmakers seeking tougher Industrial Accelerator Act demand rules to help a €85 billion pipeline of clean projects reach final investment decisions. Fifteen European businesses and organisations, including steelmakers, cement producers and clean fuel developers, wrote to European Union co-legislators on 14 September calling for a more ambitious Industrial Accelerator Act, in an open letter published by the Mission Possible Partnership. The signatories argue that the Act’s demand-side measures fall short of what is needed to support more than 100 clean industrial projects, worth an estimated €85 billion,…
Hydnum Steel has secured €150 million from Spanish state fund manager COFIDES for its Puertollano mini-mill, part of a €1.5bn plan for 2.7 million tonnes a year of low-carbon steel. Hydnum Steel has secured a €150 million investment from COFIDES, the Spanish state-owned fund manager, towards its greenfield low-carbon steel plant at Puertollano in central Spain. The money comes from the co-investment fund FOCO, which COFIDES manages on behalf of the Spanish state. The plant is designed for an annual capacity of 2.7 million tonnes of low-CO2 steel. Hydnum puts its Scope 1 and 2 emissions at 98% below the…
New Fastmarkets modelling shows a moderated EU Emissions Trading System trajectory would hold allowance prices near €110 a tonne by 2035 and cut combined low and near-zero steel output by 48%. A softer carbon price path in Europe would cut combined output of low and near-zero emissions steel by 48% against the current policy trajectory, according to modelling published by Fastmarkets on 4 August. The finding comes from a policy moderation scenario in the price reporting agency’s latest Green Steel Market Outlook. The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is the main lever pushing conventional and lower-emission steel costs together.…
