Germany, Austria and Luxembourg will provide up to €2.12bn through a joint eSAF funding scheme, using a double-sided auction to bridge the price gap between buyers and sellers of electricity-based aviation fuel. Germany, Austria and Luxembourg announced on 21 September a joint eSAF funding scheme worth up to €2.12 billion.…
Mesabi Metallics has announced an $18bn plan, including a $15bn Iowa steel complex that will pair hot direct-reduced iron with electric arc furnaces and use ore from its new Minnesota mine. Mesabi Metallics announced on 28 September an $18 billion investment to build a fully integrated steel company. The plan…
The Commission has published final terms for its second industrial heat auction, releasing €1 billion from EU Emissions Trading System revenues to cut fossil fuel use in process heat, with bidding expected from December. The European Commission published the final terms and conditions on 24 September for its second Europe-wide…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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,…
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 European Union says will protect steel, cement and chemicals producers from carbon leakage during a sensitive stretch of the transition. Ambassadors representing member states agreed on 16 September to release around 88 million allowances that had been set aside for free allocation to sectors covered by heat and fuel benchmarks…
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…
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…
Rohrdorfer has co-fired hydrogen on the clinker kiln at its Gmunden works in Austria, the first trial of its kind at an Austrian cement plant, though the producer says the fuel still costs far too much. Austrian cement producer Rohrdorfer has run the first large-scale hydrogen combustion test at an…
Holcim Germany has commissioned a membrane-based carbon capture demonstration at its Höver cement plant in Lower Saxony, capturing up to 10,000 tonnes a year and targeting 90% of site emissions after expansion. Holcim Germany has commissioned a membrane-based carbon dioxide capture demonstration plant at its Höver cement works in Lower…
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…
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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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GlobalData’s latest report predicts the EV charging market will grow rapidly over the next decade, driven by technological advances and policy shifts, but industry stakeholders face significant uncertainty in deployment and monetisation models. GlobalData’s new report, “Electric Vehicles in Power”, underscores a rapid expansion of global EV charging infrastructure driven by accelerating EV uptake and tighter emissions regulation. According to GlobalData, the market for chargers will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.6%, rising from about 5.8 million units in 2025 to 11.0 million units by 2030. The analyst house highlights China and the United States as…
Analysis by GlobalData predicts the US will install over 730 GW of solar capacity by 2035, transforming its renewable landscape despite supply chain and policy hurdles. The United States is on course to install 737.8 GW of solar capacity by the end of 2035, according to analysis by London-based consultancy GlobalData, a trajectory that would make solar the largest single contributor to the nation’s renewable power mix over the next decade. According to GlobalData, the U.S. will add 47.9 GW of solar in 2025, slightly below the record 49 GW deployed in 2024, before a temporary slowdown through the late…
India’s swift expansion into solar manufacturing has turned it into a global hub, but surging capacity and trade tensions risk undermining cost competitiveness and energy transition goals. India’s rapid build-out of solar manufacturing capacity has transformed it from a predominantly import-dependent market into a global factory floor for modules and cells, but that success is producing familiar teething problems: rising inventories, strained export channels and growing pressure to cut costs. According to Energies Media, New Delhi has moved to tighten domestic sourcing, with a mandate that from June 2026 any public solar projects must use locally manufactured components. The government…
A rapid rise in Chinese-made solar panels and batteries is reshaping Africa’s energy landscape, creating economic opportunities but also posing geopolitical and industrial challenges amidst a push for decarbonisation. Everywhere across sub-Saharan Africa, a quiet industrial revolution is under way as cheap, competitively priced solar panels and battery systems manufactured in China accelerate the continent’s shift away from unreliable grids and fossil fuels. What began as rooftop and small-scale deployments has in several countries become a backbone for businesses and industry, reshaping power economics and geopolitical relationships. According to The New York Times, in South Africa , long dependent on…
Indonesia aims to overhaul its heavily fossil-fuel-dependent power sector through a 2025–34 expansion plan, but faces significant challenges in financing, regulation, and governance that will require carefully sequenced reforms to achieve its net zero goal by 2060. Indonesia faces a pitched test in turning an electricity system built around a state monopoly into one capable of rapid decarbonisation. According to the analysis by East Asia Forum, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) still controls generation, transmission and distribution, and in 2024 renewables accounted for only 14.6 per cent of the power mix. Coal supplies roughly two thirds of electricity and fossil fuels…
A federal court’s nullification of the Trump-era offshore wind permit freeze offers a potential boost for American renewable energy projects, restoring momentum and investment in the sector amidst ongoing political and regulatory challenges. A federal district judge in Massachusetts has nullified former president Donald Trump’s January 20 executive order that effectively froze new federal permitting and leasing for wind energy projects, a ruling industry and state officials say could restore momentum to the U.S. offshore wind sector. U.S. District Judge Patti Saris found the order “arbitrary and capricious” and in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, rejecting the administration’s justification…
The revival of nuclear energy through small modular reactors promises faster deployment and factory-based production, but industry faces significant hurdles in scaling, costs, and fuel supply amid rising energy demand and decarbonisation goals. Nuclear power’s moment has returned with a recalibrated pitch: smaller, factory-built reactors that promise faster delivery and the firm, 24/7 power that a modern, electrified economy demands. According to an OilPrice.com feature, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) seek to end the era of multi‑decade “energy cathedrals” by trading “economies of scale” for “economies of unit production,” offering shorter construction timelines (3–5 years) and lower initial capital outlays that…
Major technology firms including Meta, Google, and Amazon are backing a global pledge to triple nuclear capacity by 2050, signalling a transformative shift in industrial decarbonisation and energy security strategies. The United States has seen an uncommon alignment between Silicon Valley and the nuclear industry as some of the world’s largest technology firms publicly commit to a significant expansion of nuclear power to meet surging electricity demand and industrial decarbonisation goals. Meta, Amazon and Google are among the major corporations that have signed the World Nuclear Association’s Large Energy Consumers Pledge, backing an objective to at least triple global nuclear…
Singapore’s Civil Aviation Authority has implemented a new SAF levy and dedicated fund aimed at accelerating sustainable aviation fuel adoption and reducing emissions, marking a significant step in aviation’s green transition. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Amendment) Act 2025, gazetted on 19 November 2025 after parliamentary passage on 14 October 2025, sets out a regulatory framework designed to accelerate the uptake of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by establishing a dedicated SAF Fund and imposing a SAF levy on flights departing Singapore. According to the report by Allen & Gledhill, the amendments modify the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act…
A November 2025 visit to Guangzhou reveals how the city combines greenery, mass transit, electrified mobility, and digital coordination to create a dense, efficient, and liveable urban environment, offering insights for global decarbonisation efforts. Looking back on a November 2025 visit to Guangzhou, the city presents a coherent picture of how urban design, electrification and digital coordination can combine to make denser living both more efficient and more liveable. What struck me most was not any single technology but the orchestration of greenery, mass transit, electrified mobility and subterranean connectivity into a functioning whole that reduced visible pollution, cut the…
