Heidelberg Materials UK has proven a zero concrete waste process at its Greenwich plant on the Thames, recovering aggregates for reuse and pairing concrete recycling with CarbonCure CO2-injection technology. Heidelberg Materials UK said it has proven a zero concrete waste process at its Greenwich plant on the River Thames, using…
Moët Hennessy and Verallia have launched a research partnership to develop lightweight glass bottles, cutting wine and spirits packaging weight by 30% to 50% to reduce the sector’s carbon footprint. Moët Hennessy, the wine and spirits division of LVMH, and Verallia, Europe’s largest producer of glass packaging for food and…
Swedish cement technology company Cemvision and precast concrete manufacturer S:t Eriks have signed a partnership to bring near-zero carbon concrete to the Nordic and Baltic construction markets by 2028. Swedish cement technology firm Cemvision and precast concrete manufacturer S:t Eriks have signed a joint sales agreement to develop and commercialise…
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…
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…
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…
EU member states agreed to expand free ETS allowances for energy-intensive industries from 2026 to 2030, aiming to protect steel, cement and chemicals producers from carbon leakage. EU member states have agreed to expand free ETS allowances for energy-intensive industries between 2026 and 2030, a move the Council of the…
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CAC Engineering’s pilot plant in Freiberg, Germany has produced 300,000 litres of synthetic gasoline, showing its power-to-liquids process can run reliably over a sustained period. A pilot plant in Freiberg, Germany has produced 300,000 litres of synthetic gasoline, a threshold its developer says demonstrates that its power-to-liquids process can run reliably over a sustained period rather than only in short bursts. The facility, run by CAC Engineering at TU Bergakademie Freiberg, uses the company’s METHAFUEL technology to convert e-methanol into synthetic gasoline through the DeCarTrans research programme. Reaching 300,000 litres of cumulative output matters because continuous, reliable operation, rather than…
NEDO and four Japanese partners achieved 85% ammonia co-firing in a full-scale naphtha cracking furnace, a step towards decarbonising petrochemical production without a full plant redesign. A Japanese consortium has achieved an 85% ammonia co-firing rate across a full-scale naphtha cracking furnace, a milestone the group says clears one of the toughest technical barriers to decarbonising petrochemical production. NEDO, Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, ran the demonstration together with Mitsui Chemicals, Maruzen Petrochemical, Toyo Engineering and Sojitz Machinery, testing a furnace fitted with a newly developed ammonia-fired burner. The 85% figure covers the entire furnace on a…
Mission Possible Partnership has published guardrails for mass balance claims, aiming to help buyers judge which accounting systems for low-carbon steel, cement and chemicals deserve their trust. Mission Possible Partnership has published a framework for assessing mass balance claims, aiming to stop the accounting method used across steel, cement, chemicals, aluminium and aviation supply chains from undermining trust in low-emission products. The report, titled “Principles and Guardrails for Credible Mass Balance Claims”, sets out what MPP calls a due-diligence tool for buyers, producers and standard setters to judge whether a given mass balance system deserves confidence. Section 6 of the…
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 gas facilities, the Calgary-based developer said on 17 September. S2G Investments led the round with a $50 million commitment, matched by a further $50 million from Canada Growth Fund. Kanin, founded in 2020, converts heat that would otherwise vent from industrial processes into electricity, and says up to 58% of…
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 down to a few months, Matlantis and NVIDIA said on 17 September. The Japanese energy group combined Matlantis PFP, a general-purpose machine learning interatomic potential, with NVIDIA ALCHEMI, an accelerated computing platform for chemistry and materials workloads. Together the two systems let ENEOS evaluate huge numbers of candidate structures for…
Aircapture and NGK have commissioned a direct air capture unit at AIZAWA Concrete’s Fukushima site, testing NGK ceramic substrates in commercial conditions and looking at concrete mineralisation as an outlet for the captured gas. Aircapture and NGK Corporation have started a joint direct air capture demonstration at AIZAWA Concrete Corporation’s…
Durham University researchers put the hydrogen storage potential of depleted North Sea oil and gas fields at 3,659 terawatt-hours, enough to take conventional gas power stations off the British grid by 2040. Depleted oil and gas fields in the North Sea could hold 3,659 terawatt-hours of hydrogen, more than seven…
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…
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)…
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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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Argentina’s Energy Secretariat launches new tax incentives under the RIMI scheme, targeting small and medium-sized enterprises investing in renewable power and energy efficiency equipment, with no minimum investment threshold, to bolster industrial decarbonisation and reduce operating costs. Argentina’s Energy Secretariat has formalised tax incentives for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises investing in renewable power generation and energy efficiency equipment under the RIMI scheme, adding a new layer of support for smaller industrial projects looking to cut operating costs and emissions. According to the resolution published in the Official Gazette, the regime covers investment in assets such as solar panels, photovoltaic…
Berlin-based Alcemy is shifting from point solutions to enabling comprehensive AI integration in cement manufacturing, launching a programme to harmonise plant data and forge autonomous grinding and formulation processes amid decarbonisation efforts. Alcemy is repositioning itself from a point-solution provider to a broader enabler of artificial intelligence in cement manufacturing, as the Berlin-based industrial software company launches a new transformation programme for producers and sets out a longer-term ambition to automate grinding and concrete formulation. The company, which has spent eight years building systems that predict cement and concrete quality in real time, says its software already works across 45…
The ongoing development of King Salman International Airport incorporates innovative low-carbon concrete technology, highlighting Saudi Arabia’s commitment to sustainable growth and international collaboration in large-scale infrastructure projects. King Salman International Airport in Riyadh is moving ahead as one of Saudi Arabia’s most ambitious transport projects, with the latest milestone centring on the use of lower-carbon concrete in the airport’s third runway works. According to FCC Construcción, the company is working with Al-Mabani General Contractors, CarbonCure Canada and CarbonCure Technologies to introduce carbon-mineralisation technology that will permanently sequester about 6,800 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent while cutting embodied carbon emissions by an…
Despite rapid growth in SAF production, industry experts warn that current scaling efforts are insufficient to meet the urgent demands of the aviation sector’s net zero goals, highlighting policy and economic challenges across Europe and the US. Sustainable aviation fuel was meant to be the sector’s breakthrough: a cleaner substitute for conventional jet fuel at a time when geopolitical disruption has again exposed the fragility of fossil supply. Yet the industry’s central problem remains unchanged. SAF is scaling quickly, but not nearly quickly enough to meet aviation’s decarbonisation timetable. Global output reached 1.9 million tonnes in 2025, according to industry…
A new study reveals that China’s green industrial parks significantly improve urban energy efficiency, yet also generate complex spillover effects that could hinder neighbouring cities’ green performance unless regional coordination is strengthened. A new study in Sustainability argues that China’s green industrial park programme does more than clean up individual sites: it can lift urban green total-factor energy efficiency, or GTFEE, across host cities, while also reshaping the performance of nearby areas. Using city-level panel data from 278 cities between 2007 and 2023, the authors treat the roll-out of national green industrial parks as a quasi-natural experiment and estimate that…
In 2025, multilateral development banks channelled a record $163 billion into climate projects, with a focus on mitigation, signalling continued commitment despite political challenges. Multilateral development banks channelled a record $163bn into climate finance in 2025, with the bulk of the money going towards mitigation projects, particularly in the energy sector, according to a joint update from the lenders. The group said the figure left them on track to meet their collective 2030 climate-finance goals, despite an increasingly complicated political backdrop. The lending surge marked a 19% rise on the previous year, with $103bn directed to low- and middle-income countries,…
A new United Nations University report reveals that global data centre resource demands could reach 945 terawatt-hours of electricity and a water footprint of 9.3 trillion litres by 2030, raising questions about sustainability and local water stress. A new United Nations University report has put an eye-catching scale on the resource demands behind the data centre build-out, estimating that global facilities could consume about 945 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2030 and carry a water footprint of 9.3 trillion litres. The report, Environmental Cost of Artificial Intelligence: Carbon, Water and Land Footprints, was produced by the United Nations University Institute for…
Wood Mackenzie’s inaugural global ranking highlights a rapidly growing, increasingly mature stationary storage market driven by larger, vertically integrated Chinese firms and a shift towards long-term project execution. Wood Mackenzie’s first global ranking of battery energy storage system integrators offers a clearer picture of where the stationary storage market is heading: towards larger, more vertically integrated suppliers with the financial and technical depth to deliver complex projects at scale. The consultancy said annual global battery storage installations passed 100GW in 2025 for the first time, underlining how rapidly grid-scale storage has moved from niche infrastructure to a core part of…
Nuveen and CalSTRS have announced a strategic partnership to channel up to $2 billion into innovative infrastructure projects, spanning renewable energy, battery storage, digital economy, and industrial decarbonisation, reflecting a pivotal shift towards integrated, long-term investments in climate and technology. Nuveen has struck a strategic partnership with CalSTRS, the world’s largest educator-only pension fund, to channel up to $2 billion into sustainable infrastructure through its Energy Infrastructure Credit business. The California State Teachers’ Retirement System will act as anchor investor in Nuveen’s Energy & Power Infrastructure Credit Fund II, known as EPIC II, with the agreement also leaving room for…
Major European air cargo hubs like Schiphol, Frankfurt, and Leipzig/Halle are integrating decarbonisation strategies into their growth plans, investing in electrified infrastructure, renewable energy, and digital systems to boost resilience and meet climate targets amid rising freight demand. Europe’s major air cargo hubs are increasingly treating decarbonisation as part of the business case for growth, rather than a constraint on it. Airports from Amsterdam Schiphol to Frankfurt and Leipzig/Halle are investing in electrified ground handling, renewable power, smarter buildings and digital systems to support rising freight demand while cutting emissions and improving resilience. At Schiphol, the shift is especially visible…
