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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Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems (HIES) reports it has reached carbon neutrality for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions across its global operations in FY2024, six years ahead of schedule, through efficiency improvements, renewable energy procurement, and strategic offset use. Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co. Ltd. (HIES) and its group companies say they reached carbon neutrality for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions across their global operations in fiscal year 2024 (April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025), six years ahead of an original fiscal 2030 target. According to the original report from HIES, the milestone covers more than 95% of…
A report highlights China’s potential to lead global textile decarbonisation through strategic investments, policy shifts, and collaborative industrial initiatives, amid rising international and domestic pressure to reduce emissions. A new joint analysis by the Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) and Development Finance International Inc. (DFI) positions China as a pivotal enabler of near-term decarbonisation across global textile and apparel supply chains, but stresses that unlocking that potential will require substantial, carefully structured capital and stronger delivery mechanisms on the ground. According to the original report, Landscape and Opportunities for the Decarbonization of China’s Textile and Apparel Manufacturing Sector, China combines the…
The UK has opened a second round of offshore CO₂ storage licences, aiming to establish the North Sea as a long-term hub for industrial decarbonisation and continental European emissions reduction, amidst economic and regulatory challenges. The United Kingdom has opened a second offshore carbon dioxide (CO₂) storage licensing round that extends the industrial decarbonisation architecture of the North Sea through mid-century, offering a belt of capacity intended to anchor long‑term emissions reductions for heavy industry at home and in Europe. According to the original report, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has offered 14 new offshore geological storage zones off…
The European Union has agreed a legally binding 90% emission reduction target for 2040, but built-in flexibilities and political divisions could weaken domestic action and delay stricter measures, raising questions for industry and climate policy. The European Union has formally agreed a legally binding headline target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90% from 1990 levels by 2040, but the measure’s built‑in flexibilities mean that, in practice, domestic reductions within the EU will amount to about 85%. According to the original report by the European Commission, the 90% figure is the headline commitment; member states may meet up to 5…
A parliamentary report highlights the UK’s potential to create up to 725,000 clean-energy jobs by 2030, but warns that successful workforce transition requires targeted policy, regional planning, and investment in skills and manufacturing. The UK could capture a substantial share of the expanding clean-energy labour market , but only if policy, planning and skills investment are aligned, a parliamentary committee warned in a report that sets out a range of practical steps for workforce transition. According to the Energy Security and Net Zero committee’s report, the energy transition could generate between 135,000 and 725,000 jobs by 2030 if government action…
Emerging use of 3D printing technologies offers tangible carbon and efficiency benefits for energy equipment manufacturers, enabling local production, repair, and faster project timelines amidst industry push for emissions reductions. Every megawatt of renewable energy and every drop of cleaner fuel depends on the equipment that makes it possible. Yet the manufacturing and maintenance of that equipment itself carries a heavy carbon footprint. For energy equipment manufacturers (EEMs) and the energy companies that buy from them, the imperative is no longer whether to act on decarbonisation but which technologies and applications will meaningfully “move the needle” on both embedded and…
As the mining sector slows, focus shifts to bauxite, manganese, tin and graphite, key to green tech and infrastructure, amid supply constraints and geopolitical risks that threaten to disrupt the transition to a low-carbon future. As the mining and resources sector enters its seasonal slowdown, attention is shifting from headline metals to a suite of quieter commodities whose supply dynamics and industrial roles are increasingly central to decarbonisation, electrification and infrastructure build‑outs. According to the original report for Mining.com.au, the ninth day in a 12‑day macro series spotlights nine “enhancing” metals , the first four of which , bauxite, manganese,…
New research demonstrates that electrically-charged PCM bricks could revolutionise winter peak heating demand reduction by acting as controllable thermal batteries, promising significant energy savings and grid stability benefits in cold climates. In a field that has long sought practical, scalable ways to shave winter peak heating loads, a new body of work centred on electrically‑charged phase change material (PCM) bricks promises a step change in how façades can store and discharge heat. According to the original report by Alturki et al., published in Scientific Reports, the team has developed a numerical framework for an active PCM brick that pairs an…
In Finland and Sweden, innovative use of data centre waste heat for district heating aims to cut emissions but raises questions over energy sovereignty, environmental impact, and the true sustainability of digital infrastructure. In Finland and Sweden, a pragmatic shift is under way: data centres , long criticised for voracious power use , are being reframed as local heating assets, their waste heat piped into existing district heating networks to warm homes and businesses. The approach promises to help cities decarbonise heating while keeping large compute facilities close to renewable electricity supplies, but it also raises questions about energy sovereignty,…
Automotive original equipment manufacturers are increasingly prioritising recycled‑content, domestic supply chains, and transparency in steel sourcing to meet stricter emissions regulations and achieve net-zero targets, reshaping supply‑chain strategies for the coming decade. Automotive original equipment manufacturers are recalibrating how they buy steel as regulatory pressure, national sourcing strategies and new supply-chain transparency demands converge to make material selection a strategic, not purely economic, decision. According to the original report by Dean Kanelos of Nucor, tightening emissions mandates, stricter recycled‑content requirements and calls for greater transparency are driving a shift away from steel produced by the blast furnace–basic oxygen furnace (BF‑BOF)…
