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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The US Treasury and IRS have issued interim guidelines to safeguard 2025 carbon capture projects claiming the 45Q tax credit, providing a temporary verification pathway as EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Tool remains unavailable, signaling a potential shift in industry compliance amid pending regulations. The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service on 19 December 2025 issued interim guidance designed to protect firms that plan to claim the federal 45Q tax credit for carbon dioxide captured and stored in geologic formations during calendar year 2025, offering a temporary “safe harbor” intended to plug a potential verification gap created by the Environmental…
European manufacturers are increasingly adopting advanced automation technologies like IIoT, AI, and digital twins to enhance productivity, resilience, and sustainability amidst rising costs and labour shortages. With a projected market growth of 8.5% annually until 2032, automation is becoming crucial for meeting decarbonisation targets and maintaining competitiveness, despite significant implementation challenges. Industrial automation is no longer an adjunct to European manufacturing; it has become a strategic lever for productivity, resilience and the decarbonisation ambitions that increasingly govern capital allocation. What began as isolated machine control has evolved into a layered ecosystem of PLCs, robots, servo drives and sensors now embedded…
Electric vehicle adoption is accelerating across emerging markets outside China and Europe, with affordable Chinese-made models reshaping global automotive competition and offering significant climate benefits. Ann Arbor , Electric vehicles (EVs) are no longer a rich-world curiosity or a China‑only story: adoption has accelerated across the Global South, reshaping competitive dynamics in automotive manufacturing and industrial decarbonisation. According to analysis published on Informed Comment by Juan Cole, Ember’s researchers argue that hybrid and battery electric vehicle adoption has spread markedly beyond China, Europe and North America. Ember, the energy think‑tank, reported that “39 countries have reached an EV sales share…
The European Union’s updated sustainability directives are sparking renewed tensions with the US, as Washington challenges the extraterritorial scope and potential trade implications of the EU’s environmental and corporate accountability measures. The European Union’s pared-back sustainability rulebook is provoking renewed transatlantic tensions as Washington presses the bloc over the extraterritorial reach of its Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). The dispute centres on the EU’s decision to narrow the scope of those rules this year while retaining provisions that apply to large foreign firms operating in the single market. The shape of the final…
Major projects secured in Madhya Pradesh as India’s solar capacity surges, driven by policy expansion, domestic manufacturing highlights, and new ecological constraints shaping the future of the country’s renewable landscape. Dilip Buildcon, Sunbridge Solar Power, Landsmill Industries, Purshotam Profiles, Ceigall India and 77 other firms emerged as the principal winners in Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited’s (MPUVNL) recent auction to allocate capacity under Component C of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) programme. According to Mercom India, the tendered 4.3 GW package was largely awarded but only 4.01 GW was finally allocated, reflecting continued strong…
The United Arab Emirates unveils a comprehensive 2025 strategy featuring large-scale solar, nuclear, hydrogen, and circular economy initiatives to accelerate its transition to a low-carbon economy and extend its influence internationally. The United Arab Emirates deepened its push towards a low‑carbon economy in 2025, unveiling a broad suite of projects across renewable energy, circular economy, water management and biodiversity that together aim to accelerate decarbonisation and support resilient industrial transition. At the centre of the year’s announcements was an Abu Dhabi facility described by authorities as the world’s largest integrated solar-plus‑battery complex, designed to supply renewable baseload power around the…
GASCADE has completed a pioneering 400-kilometre conversion of high-pressure natural gas pipelines for hydrogen transport in Germany, paving the way for large-volume industrial hydrogen supply and cross-border integration by 2029. GASCADE has brought into service a roughly 400-kilometre central section of Germany’s planned hydrogen core network by converting existing high-pressure natural gas pipelines for hydrogen transport, the company said, a move aimed at giving industry access to large-volume hydrogen corridors and supporting decarbonisation of hard-to-abate industrial processes. The pipeline axis runs north–south from the Baltic Sea region to Saxony-Anhalt and is part of the operator’s “Flow – making hydrogen happen”…
As the UK aims for a decarbonised power grid by 2030, industry experts stress that overcoming grid connection delays, supply chain bottlenecks, and policy uncertainties are crucial to turning ambitious climate targets into tangible commercial outcomes. The UK’s energy transition has moved decisively from aspiration to commercial programme management, yet the difference between an ambitious target and a functioning market lies in delivery detail. Dr Kirsten Oliver, Managing Director for Energy at WSP UK&I, sets out that the nation’s goals , a decarbonised power grid by 2030 and net-zero by 2050 , are already shaping business strategy and investor appetite.…
The integration of agentic AI, IoT, and enterprise traceability is enabling factories to autonomously detect and correct micro-variances, promising increased stability, quality, and efficiency in manufacturing processes. In today’s factories, the most damaging disruptions often begin as imperceptible variances rather than dramatic breakdowns. A minor drift in temperature, a slightly off-spec raw-material batch, a feeder that vibrates more than usual or an upstream barcode mismatch can cascade into slowed lines, rework and customer impact before human teams notice. According to OpenText’s blog, the intersection of agentic AI, IoT and enterprise traceability, exemplified by products such as Aviator IoT and the…
Aptean introduces AppCentral 2.0, a vertically-focused AI platform designed to streamline industrial operations by integrating ERP, supply chain, and execution systems, promising significant operational efficiencies and decarbonisation benefits. Aptean has rolled out AppCentral 2.0, a vertical AI platform aimed at bringing domain-specific artificial intelligence into everyday industrial operations, with a particular focus on integrating ERP, supply chain and execution systems into a single, role-based workspace. According to reporting by ERP.Today and Aptean’s own announcements, the platform embeds context-aware AI agents to automate routine tasks, surface real‑time insights and anticipate operational risks earlier in the supply chain. At its core AppCentral…
