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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Electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft are moving closer to mainstream deployment, offering a sustainable alternative for short-distance urban and regional travel as regulatory frameworks and infrastructure development accelerate. Imagine stepping out of an office, walking to a rooftop and minutes later lifting off vertically into the sky , not to an airport but to another rooftop across the city. What was once futuristic marketing copy is increasingly the centrepiece of a practical industrial strategy: electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, or eVTOLs, promise a new stratum of mobility that could reshape urban and regional transport while contributing to decarbonisation…
With 2,000 jobs at risk, ministers debate whether to preserve UK’s steel legacy through emergency measures or accelerate shift to low-carbon electric arc furnace production amid industry tensions and strategic concerns. Two thousand workers at British Steel’s Scunthorpe complex face the prospect of mass redundancy as ministers weigh plans that would extinguish the United Kingdom’s last two coal‑fed blast furnaces and accelerate a shift to scrap‑based electric arc furnace (EAF) production. According to The Sun, a contingency being discussed by Whitehall officials would see the two historic blast furnaces at Scunthorpe turned off and the company restructured around a mothballed…
Malaysia’s push toward a greener power sector gains momentum in 2026, driven by policy innovations, large-scale solar roll-outs, and emerging tech like carbon capture and storage, signalling a major shift in the nation’s energy landscape. KUALA LUMPUR , Malaysia’s energy transition is poised to pick up pace into 2026 as policy signals, large-scale solar roll-outs and new carbon measures converge to lift demand for clean power, grid flexibility and related infrastructure, according to research houses and government roadmaps. TA Research said in a recent report it expects momentum to continue next year, anchored by the National Energy Transition Roadmap’s (NETR)…
The collaboration between BYD and Shenzhen Port Group launches a pioneering lab to accelerate zero-carbon maritime operations, blending automotive technology with port and shipping innovations amid China’s broader push for greener water transport. The newly launched Marine Green New Energy Innovation Lab, a collaboration between BYD and Shenzhen Port Group, aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of maritime operations by placing electric energy at the centre of shipping, port and logistics technology. According to the announcement by Seatrade Maritime, the lab’s stated mission is to implement China’s strategy of building a strong maritime nation while serving national carbon peaking and carbon…
Researchers at the University of Manchester are leveraging advanced AI techniques to expedite and refine evaluation of carbon removal strategies, potentially transforming climate mitigation efforts through faster, cost-effective modelling and safer deployment of solutions. Researchers at the University of Manchester are turning to physics‑informed artificial intelligence to accelerate assessment of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies, seeking to generate evidence faster and at lower cost than traditional field trials and numerical models. According to the report by myScience, the team’s work aims to model the global carbon cycle and virtually test interventions such as ocean fertilisation, ocean alkalinity enhancement and enhanced…
Itema partners with Ivy Decarb to showcase its environmentally friendly weaving machines on a digital marketplace, integrating sustainability data with financing options to accelerate industry-wide decarbonisation efforts. Itema has joined Ivy Decarb, the digital marketplace designed to help the textile sector measure and reduce carbon emissions, in a move the company says will accelerate decarbonisation across weaving operations and the broader value chain. According to Itema’s announcement, the partnership makes Itema one of the first textile machinery manufacturers to list technical and environmental performance data on the platform, enabling textile producers to compare machines on metrics such as energy consumption,…
Researchers from Tohoku University and Fujitsu have combined artificial intelligence with advanced spectroscopy to uncover causal relationships in a novel superconducting material, promising faster development of energy-efficient technologies. Tohoku University and Fujitsu Limited say they have used artificial intelligence to uncover causal links in the electronic behaviour of a newly studied superconducting material, a step the partners present as a demonstrator for AI-driven materials discovery that could accelerate development of energy‑efficient technologies. According to the paper published in Scientific Reports, researchers combined angle‑resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) data collected at the NanoTerasu Synchrotron Light Source with Fujitsu’s AI platform, Fujitsu Kozuchi,…
ZeroAvia announces new financing to extend its cash runway by two years, aiming to speed up the commercialisation of its hydrogen-electric power systems for both civilian and defence markets amid divergent reports on investment size and partners. ZeroAvia has announced fresh financing that the company says will extend its cash runway for two years and accelerate industrialisation of its hydrogen-electric power and propulsion systems for aviation and defence. According to the firm’s announcement, the latest round was led by Barclays Climate Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Horizons Ventures, Summa Equity and AP Ventures, with participation from the National…
Boston Consulting Group highlights Azerbaijan’s strategic push to position itself as a practical AI testbed for energy and chemical breakthroughs, aiming to accelerate industrial decarbonisation and foster regional technological leadership. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) executives say Azerbaijan is positioning itself as a practical testbed for applying artificial intelligence to energy, with a particular focus on chemistry and emissions reduction that could accelerate industrial decarbonisation across the region and beyond. According to an exclusive interview with Trend, Anton Aristov, Managing Director and Partner at BCG, framed the Caspian AI Institute as a hybrid research-and-delivery vehicle: “70% of its resources should be…
The German government has launched a €30 billion fund to attract private and municipal investment in strategic sectors like renewable energy, deep tech, and decarbonisation projects, aiming to unlock €130 billion in follow-on funding. Berlin , The German government has launched a new €30 billion “Deutschlandfonds” intended to mobilise private and municipal investment into technologies and infrastructure it identifies as critical to the country’s industrial transition and competitiveness. According to the report by deutschland.de and government statements, the package will be delivered primarily through guarantees and other risk‑sharing instruments administered in coordination with state-owned development bank KfW, with an explicit…
