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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Brazil’s national development bank, BNDES, commits R$384.3 million to support the country’s inaugural commercial bioenergy with carbon capture and storage project, potentially transforming financing for industrial decarbonisation in Latin America. Brazil’s state development bank has moved into engineered carbon removal with a R$384.3 million (about $71 million) commitment to the country’s first commercial-scale bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project, a step that could reshape financing pathways for industrial decarbonisation in Latin America. According to the original report, BNDES approved the funding under its BNDES Mais Inovação programme to support FS Indústria de Biocombustíveis in installing a dedicated CO2…
A comprehensive review highlights the potential for island nations to achieve high shares of renewables and carbon neutrality by 2050 through solar and offshore energy solutions, despite existing research gaps and environmental considerations. More than 740 million people live on islands with strong potential for renewable-energy deployment, yet many island nations remain heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels and acutely vulnerable to climate change, according to a comprehensive review of island energy pathways. The authors argue that technically feasible and economically viable routes exist for islands to reach high shares of renewables and, in many cases, carbon neutrality by 2050,…
Henkel Adhesive Technologies partners with the CEO-led GIC to link raw-material innovation with industrial demand, aiming to reduce Scope 3 emissions and promote circular economy initiatives across supply chains amid industry-wide climate commitments. Henkel Adhesive Technologies has joined the Global Impact Coalition (GIC), a CEO-led platform born from major chemical producers and incubated at the World Economic Forum, in a move the company and the coalition say will link raw‑material innovation more closely with industrial demand and customer insight. According to the original report, the partnership expands GIC’s remit beyond producers to include leading industrial users of chemical products, with…
IFS has unveiled IFS Cloud 25R2, introducing embedded agentic AI and deployable Digital Workers designed to enhance automation and optimise productivity across industrial workflows, addressing workforce shortages and operational efficiency. IFS, the enterprise software vendor best known for industrial asset and service management, has pushed further into what it calls “Industrial AI” with the release of IFS Cloud 25R2, a platform update that embeds agentic artificial intelligence and deployable “Digital Workers” across ERP, EAM and Field Service workflows. According to the original report, the release centres on IFS Loops Digital Workers , software agents designed to “think, decide, and act”…
Growing policy support and shared infrastructure projects are transforming CCU from experimental technology to a key component of industrial emissions reduction strategies, emphasising economic viability and scalability. Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) is moving from concept to commercial imperative for heavy industries, but its progress will be defined less by rhetoric and more by hard economics, scale and shared infrastructure, according to industry observers and recent project developments. According to the original report by Everest Group, CCU is not a turnkey solution or an ESG tick-box; it is already a practical lever in sectors where fundamental process change is prohibitively…
Major players in Russian energy sector have signed a trilateral agreement to develop open‑platform software and hardware solutions, incorporating digital twins and embedded cybersecurity to modernise critical infrastructure and accelerate import substitution. Крупнейшие игроки в российской энергетике получили наглядный пример скоординированного промышленного подхода к модернизации систем управления: группа Rubytech, Positive Technologies и Национальный исследовательский университет «МЭИ» объявили о трёхстороннем соглашении по созданию семейства программно‑аппаратных комплексов на базе открытой платформы АСУ ТП. Согласно исходному материалу, соглашение было официально подписано на международном форуме «Электрические сети – 2025» и направлено на поставку верифицированного, масштабируемого решения, способного заменить устаревшие и импортные компоненты управляющих систем…
Innovations in pyrolysis technology are enabling tyre manufacturers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly by replacing fossil‑fuel derived carbon black with recycled alternatives, pushing the industry closer to decarbonisation goals. Black is everywhere in modern manufacturing: from tyres and cable sheathing to inks, seals and floorings. That ubiquitous colour and much of the durability of those products comes from industrial carbon black , a fine powder produced by the incomplete combustion of heavy oil or natural gas that reinforces rubber, improves abrasion resistance and protects against UV. But its production is fossil‑fuel intensive: global output is roughly 15 million metric…
A new Smithers report highlights how generative artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the global packaging sector, driving innovation, efficiency, and sustainability while raising new challenges for industry adoption. A new Smithers report, published as the research partner to the Packaging Innovations & Empack event, positions generative artificial intelligence as a rapid catalyst for change across the global packaging sector. According to the report, GenAI and allied AI systems are already remaking packaging design, production and supply‑chain orchestration , enabling faster product launches, cost reduction, and more responsive supply chains as brands contend with rising SKU complexity, shorter runs and growing…
The Intergenerational Open Geospatial Carbon Registry (OGCR) aims to create a high-resolution, updateable EU-wide database for soil, biomass, and peat carbon, supporting transparent and cost-effective carbon removal verification. In August 2025 the Intergenerational Open Geospatial Carbon Registry (OGCR) was formally launched, marking a coordinated EU-scale effort to build an open, updateable geospatial baseline for carbon in soils, biomass and peat at parcel level. According to the original report, the consortium brings together more than 30 partners , research institutes, NGOs, SMEs and universities , with the stated aim of producing a transparent, scientifically rigorous registry that supports farmers and forest…
Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology have developed a innovative approach to convert textile waste into low-carbon fuel and a cement additive, potentially transforming sustainable practices in both the clothing and construction sectors. Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) are advancing a two‑pronged approach to textile waste that could help decarbonise both the clothing and cement sectors: converting discarded fabrics into high‑calorific alternative fuel and turning the combustion residue into a supplementary cementitious material. According to the original report from KTU, controlled thermal treatment of mixed textile waste in an oxygen‑limited environment at about 300°C yields a carbon‑rich fraction…
