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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Fervo Energy secures oversubscribed funding to accelerate the development of Cape Station, a groundbreaking enhanced geothermal system in Utah, promising reliable, carbon-free power at a massive scale amid growing energy demand and decarbonisation efforts. Fervo Energy has raised significant new capital to accelerate Cape Station, its flagship enhanced geothermal system (EGS) in Beaver County, Utah, positioning the project as a potential large-scale source of round‑the‑clock, carbon‑free power for US grids under growing strain from electrification and digital load growth. According to the original report, an oversubscribed Series E round led by B Capital has delivered USD 462 million to Fervo…
University of Cambridge spin-out Matta has raised $14 million in seed funding to develop ‘sentient’ factories equipped with advanced computer vision and machine learning, promising faster, smarter production lines and enhanced manufacturing resilience. Matta, a University of Cambridge spin‑out, has raised $14 million in seed funding to commercialise what it calls “sentient” factories , production lines equipped with computer vision and machine learning that see, diagnose and recommend fixes in real time. The round was led by Lakestar, with participation from Giant Ventures, RedSeed VC, InMotion Ventures, 1st Kind (the Peugeot family), Unruly Capital and Boost VC, and grant support…
A wave of project cancellations, closures, and downsizings in the US clean energy and EV sectors has erased billions in investment and thousands of jobs, driven by policy shifts and political divides across 2025. According to the original Electrek report and data from Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), US private-sector clean energy and electric-vehicle (EV) projects experienced a fresh wave of cancellations, closures and downsizings in late 2025 that have substantially eroded investment and jobs across the sector. E2’s Clean Economy Works tracker shows businesses cancelled, scaled back or closed more than $4.4 billion in projects between late September and October, bringing…
China’s recent wave of project announcements signals a rapid industrialisation of energy storage, ranging from lithium-ion expansions to advancements in flow and solid-state technologies, reshaping the future of industrial decarbonisation. According to EnergyTrend, a flurry of project announcements this week underscores China’s accelerated push to scale both electrochemical and flow-based energy storage across manufacturing, pilot development and system integration. The developments , led by Ampace’s Xiamen expansion, a new solid‑state pilot line from Firmvolt Technology, a 5GWh vanadium‑flow agreement with Shanghai Electric, and a 50GWh industrial storage pact in Xining , together signal growing industrialisation of storage capacity aimed at…
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and Apsco have signed a strategic collaboration to accelerate the research and development of sustainable aviation fuels using advanced AI and experimental facilities, aiming to overcome technical and market barriers in Saudi Arabia and beyond. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the Arabian Petroleum Supply Company (Apsco) have agreed a material‑transfer arrangement under which Apsco will supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to KAUST for experimental and modelling work intended to speed SAF deployment and meet regulatory and market needs. According to the original report from KAUST, the collaboration will see…
Algae Dynamic Biotech Limited is transitioning algae-derived fuels from experimental stages to industrial pilots, offering a promising diesel substitute with lower emissions, reduced costs, and potential for co-products. The development aims to facilitate heavy industry adoption amid regulatory and operational challenges. Algae-derived drop-in fuels are moving from laboratory experiments into industrial pilot sites as Algae Dynamic Biotech Limited works with early partners to validate a renewable diesel substitute for heavy machinery, marine logistics and decentralised power generation. According to the original report, the Hong Kong–registered company is cultivating engineered microalgae on non-arable coastal land using brackish or saline water…
Vietnam’s comprehensive green policies set the stage for decarbonisation, yet the nation must bridge the gap between policy and financially viable projects amid capital and implementation hurdles, aiming to attract global climate funds and transform its industrial sector. Vietnam’s push for green investment is shifting from strategy to structure, but translating policy into bankable projects remains the central challenge for industrial decarbonisation. According to the Institute of Strategy, Policies on Agriculture and Environment under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, green investment is defined as capital allocated to projects, assets or activities that deliver measurable environmental and social benefits…
The Data‑Driven Design and Manufacturing CoLAB, supported by NMIS and funded by UK Research and Innovation, is helping Scottish factories adopt AI and data science to boost efficiency, reduce emissions, and enhance competitiveness across industries. The Data‑Driven Design and Manufacturing CoLAB (D3M CoLAB), delivered by the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), is providing practical, sector‑focused support to bring data science and AI into Scotland’s factories, according to the original report. The £2.2m project has so far supported 90 organisations and upskilled around 250 people through tailored training and hands‑on projects that apply data‑driven methods to production, quality control and equipment…
The European Commission launches three funding rounds totalling €5.2 billion to support innovative, large-scale projects in renewable energy, hydrogen production, and decarbonised industrial heat, aiming to accelerate EU’s climate neutrality target by 2030. The European Commission has opened three Innovation Fund funding rounds totalling €5.2 billion in EU Emissions Trading System revenues, aimed at accelerating industrial decarbonisation and scaling up low‑carbon technologies across the single market. According to the Commission, the largest call , the 2025 Net‑Zero Technologies call , offers €2.9 billion to projects that demonstrate highly innovative technologies and processes with strong greenhouse‑gas abatement potential. The call targets…
The Indonesian Industry Ministry is fast-tracking a comprehensive decarbonisation roadmap, aiming for significant emissions reductions by 2035 and 2050 amid evolving global climate commitments and international finance opportunities. Indonesia’s Industry Ministry is accelerating a sector-wide decarbonisation drive intended to align the country’s manufacturing base with a 1.5°C global warming pathway, reaffirming an ambition for net-zero industrial emissions by mid-century. According to the original report from ANTARA, the ministry’s Industrial Decarbonisation Roadmap , already launched by the government , maps major emissions cuts by 2035 and 2050. The roadmap projects reductions of about 66.5 million tCO2e (roughly 30% of industrial emissions)…
