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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Indian heavy industries face mounting pressure to verify emissions data and adapt to EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, with significant implications for exports and supply chains amidst urgent calls for policy and technological reforms. India’s heavy industries face an accelerating reckoning as the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism forces exporters to convert long-standing opacity on emissions into verified, product-level accountability. According to a Maritime Gateway feature drawing on industry experience at Kuehne+Nagel, steel, aluminium and cement producers in India are the most exposed, with downstream sectors such as automotive, construction and machinery also likely to feel indirect cost and…
Sentient Futures opens applications for a new Project Incubator aimed at transforming sentience-focused ideas into tangible outputs, intersecting AI, animal welfare, and industrial decarbonisation efforts, as sector developments and governance frameworks evolve. As the year closes, Sentient Futures has opened applications for a new Project Incubator designed to convert future-focused ideas about sentient welfare into concrete outputs. According to the Sentient Futures announcement, the Project Incubator is an eight-week, mentor-supported, fully remote programme running from mid-February to late April 2026, with applications due by January 12, 2026. Fellows may join mentor-led projects or propose their own work across themes including…
The global market for carbon footprint management is projected to grow to USD 20.44 billion by 2030, driven by increasing regulatory pressures, corporate sustainability commitments, and advances in cloud, AI, and analytics‑driven platforms, according to Grand View Research. According to the report by Grand View Research, the global carbon footprint management market was valued at USD 12.0 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 20.44 billion by 2030, expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3% from 2025 to 2030. The consultancy attributes that trajectory to rising regulatory pressure, corporate sustainability commitments and growing demand for…
ArcelorMittal plans a USD900 million investment in India, developing hybrid renewable clusters in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Gujarat to double its renewables capacity and support steel decarbonisation efforts. ArcelorMittal has announced a USD900 million investment to develop three renewable energy projects in India that together will add about 1 GW of capacity to its portfolio, the company said in a statement. According to the report by Powerline, the assets will be located in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat and the electricity will be supplied to AMNS India, the joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel. The proposed portfolio comprises a 36 MW…
The U.S. Department of Energy has launched the Genesis Mission, a comprehensive initiative to embed advanced AI across national laboratories, industries and academia, aiming to accelerate scientific breakthroughs and energy innovations, with a focus on decarbonisation and grid resilience. The U.S. Department of Energy has launched the Genesis Mission, a large-scale federal drive to embed advanced artificial intelligence across national laboratories, universities and industry to accelerate scientific discovery, energy innovation and national-security capabilities. The initiative, created by presidential executive order on November 24, 2025, tasks the DOE with integrating federal scientific datasets and AI technologies to automate research workflows and…
Asian countries are rethinking their renewable strategies by prioritising storage and grid upgrades to ensure energy security amid rapid renewable deployment, unlocking a multi-billion-dollar future for battery and hybrid system markets. Asia’s appetite for renewable power remains robust as governments and developers shift attention from rapid capacity additions to the harder task of integrating variable generation into secure, dispatchable systems. The region’s consensus is clear: expanding wind and solar alone will not deliver energy security unless matched by storage, grid upgrades and the engineering capability to operate more complex systems. According to Asian Insiders, many Asian markets have recognised that…
MIT researchers have developed a low-temperature, low-energy method for capturing CO2 from industrial streams by adding Tris to potassium carbonate solutions, potentially enabling faster, more efficient deployment using waste heat or solar energy. MIT researchers have demonstrated a low‑temperature, low‑energy route to capturing carbon dioxide from dilute industrial streams by adding the common buffering agent tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Tris) to aqueous potassium carbonate solutions, a modification that could be implemented in existing equipment and run on waste heat or solar thermal energy. According to the original report in Nature Chemical Engineering, Tris acts as a thermally responsive pH regulator: at ambient…
The European move from hourly to quarter-hourly trading intervals has significantly increased arbitrage opportunities for battery energy storage systems, especially in high-renewable regions, potentially transforming investment prospects despite long-term volatility challenges. Since the European day‑ahead market moved from hourly to 15‑minute Market Time Units on October 1, the economics of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Europe have improved materially, creating larger and more frequent arbitrage opportunities for storage operators, industry analysts say. According to the original Rystad Energy analysis, the shift to quarter‑hour pricing has increased arbitrage potential by about 14% on average across European power markets. The gain…
The EU-funded PATH2ZERO project has introduced PolicyFrameMapper, an interactive platform that consolidates Europe’s diverse transport policies to support the continent’s push towards net-zero mobility and meet ambitious climate targets by 2040 and 2050. The EU-funded PATH2ZERO project has launched an interactive dashboard, PolicyFrameMapper, intended to consolidate and make comparable Europe’s fragmented transport decarbonisation policies, offering a single platform for policymakers, researchers and local authorities to track progress towards net‑zero mobility. According to the original report, the user‑friendly database covers national and city‑level measures in 29 countries, including all EU member states, the United Kingdom and Norway. The platform maps, compares…
European battery storage is set to expand rapidly, with Germany leading the growth, but the surge raises concerns over grid bottlenecks and revenue cannibalisation, challenging the future stability of Europe’s energy market. European battery storage is entering a rapid expansion phase that promises to reshape how operators manage intermittency , but it also risks exposing acute grid and revenue stresses, particularly in Germany. According to the original report from Wood Mackenzie, the European battery energy storage systems (BESS) fleet is projected to grow 45% year‑on‑year to about 16 GW in 2025, and to expand at a compound annual growth rate…
