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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Global manufacturers are adopting advanced, digital, and strategic procurement practices to enhance supply resilience, cut emissions, and meet evolving regulatory standards, highlighting a shift towards sustainability-driven supply ecosystems. In today’s volatile, globally connected supply ecosystem, materials procurement is central to manufacturing competitiveness. According to the original report, building a high‑performance materials procurement strategy demands a structured, data‑driven and future‑ready approach that aligns with global manufacturing objectives. For procurement leaders charged with industrial decarbonisation, that alignment must also foreground emissions, circularity and regulatory compliance as core performance metrics rather than afterthoughts. Begin with granular demand forecasting and spend visibility. Industry data…
The Department of Energy and the National Petroleum Council publish pivotal studies urging regulatory overhaul to embed CO₂ transport and storage into US energy systems, aiming to speed up decarbonisation and reinforce energy security. The Department of Energy this month published two major National Petroleum Council studies that together reframe carbon management as an integral element of national energy infrastructure and propose sweeping permitting reforms that could materially accelerate the build‑out of CO₂ pipelines, storage hubs and projects driven by the 45Q tax credit. According to the original reports , Reliable Energy: Delivering on the Promise of Gas‑Electric Coordination and…
The global market for small modular reactors is on the cusp of rapid commercial expansion, driven by rising industrial demand for low-carbon heat, supportive policies, and technological advances, despite divergent growth forecasts and regulatory challenges. The global market for small modular reactors (SMRs) is entering a phase of accelerated commercialisation, with one market researcher projecting a near tripling of installed capacity by 2030 as industrial buyers look for dependable low‑carbon heat and power. According to an industry report issued this month, installed SMR capacity is expected to rise from about 312.5 MW in 2025 to roughly 912.5 MW by 2030,…
PepsiCo Mexico Foods partners with Anaergia Technologies to develop a waste-to-energy system converting organic residuals into carbon-negative biomethane, targeting substantial greenhouse gas savings by 2026. Anaergia Technologies has been contracted to supply an integrated waste‑to‑energy system to a PepsiCo Mexico Foods production facility that the company says will convert roughly 50,000 tonnes per year of organic residuals into carbon‑negative biomethane for on‑site use. According to the announcement, Anaergia Technologies will deliver its high‑efficiency digestion and integrated biogas conditioning and upgrading systems, with the biomethane intended to displace fossil natural gas at the plant and reduce greenhouse‑gas emissions by up to…
Holcim and mineral‑mineralisation company 44.01 launch a pioneering pilot in Fujairah, capturing CO2 directly from cement production and storing it permanently underground, marking a significant step towards industrial decarbonisation on a global scale. Holcim and carbon‑mineralisation company 44.01 have begun a pilot in Fujairah that, the partners say, is the first to combine CO2 captured directly from a cement plant with in‑situ mineralisation aimed at permanent geological storage of cement‑sector emissions. According to the original report, the initiative will initially capture about 5 tonnes of process CO2 per day from cement production at Holcim’s Fujairah facility and inject it into…
The integration of private 5G with tiered edge architectures is enabling factories to achieve ultra-low latency control, improving operational efficiency, security, and data sovereignty in industrial settings. When manufacturers say they need “real‑time” intelligence, they are often referring to decision cycles measured in single-digit milliseconds , a realm beyond the reach of standard cloud architectures. According to the original report from Ericsson, hybrid infrastructures that pair private 5G with on‑premise edge compute are positioned to close that gap by driving sub‑10ms response times for critical control loops, keeping sensitive data inside the facility and reducing costly backhaul of high‑resolution telemetry.…
As the UK advances towards its 2035 climate targets, the construction industry is embracing new policies, innovative materials, and modern methods to drastically cut operational and embodied carbon, requiring a systemic shift in skills, supply chains, and delivery models. The UK construction sector stands at a decisive inflection point: the technical and commercial choices made today will determine whether the built environment helps deliver Net Zero or locks in emissions for decades. According to the original report, the Future Homes Standard due from 2025 effectively ends fossil-fuel heating in new homes, requiring new dwellings to cut operational emissions by roughly…
Scientists at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have created a novel, carbon-negative building material that could significantly reduce the construction sector’s emissions while maintaining essential mechanical strength, marking a potential breakthrough in sustainable construction. Scientists at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) say they have created a carbon‑negative structural building material that could materially cut the construction sector’s emissions while offering the mechanical properties needed for load‑bearing work. According to the original report in the journal Matter on 5 December 2025, the material , described by its developers as an Enzymatic Structural Material (ESM) or Enzymatic Construction Material (ECM) , is produced by a…
France’s grid operator warns that delaying a rapid transition to electricity could lock the country into a sluggish decarbonisation path, amid a looming power surplus and political debates over energy strategy. France’s grid operator is urging a rapid, economy-wide shift to electricity to curb fossil fuel imports and underpin industrial revival, warning that delays risk locking the country into a slow and strategically exposed decarbonisation pathway. Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) sets out the case in its 2025 forecast, arguing that France’s largely low-carbon power fleet , a generation mix it says is about 95% decarbonised , represents a structural…
Light House has broadened its Circular Construction Accelerator, adding 17 BC companies to a programme aimed at scaling innovative, low‑carbon, and circular building practices, backed by federal funding to transform BC’s construction supply chain. Vancouver’s Light House has broadened the reach of its Circular Construction Accelerator (CCA), adding 17 British Columbia companies to a 2025 cohort focused on scaling circular and low‑carbon solutions across the built environment. According to Light House, the new cohort includes firms developing low‑carbon and bio‑based building materials, modular and prefabricated construction approaches, and deconstruction, material‑reuse and waste‑recovery systems , “circular‑tech” tools intended to make lower‑carbon…
