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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India’s accelerating industrial digitalisation, driven by IIoT deployment, is transforming manufacturing competitiveness, job roles, and environmental strategies, with sector-specific growth and policy support paving the way for significant emissions reductions over the next decade. India’s industrial digitalisation is accelerating a structural shift in manufacturing that industry analysts say will reshape competitiveness, job composition and decarbonisation pathways over the next decade. According to the original report by PS Market Research, the India Industrial IoT market is already sizeable , valued at roughly USD 10.1 billion in 2025 , and is forecast to more than double to about USD 22.1 billion by…
The launch of the ESRS Knowledge Hub marks a significant advancement in European sustainability reporting, aligning standards and increasing supervisory scrutiny to drive credible industrial decarbonisation and reshape market expectations amid growing regulatory and investor demands. The European sustainability reporting landscape has taken a major step towards practical implementation with the formal launch of a single digital gateway for the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). According to the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), the ESRS Knowledge Hub , unveiled on 4 December 2025 , consolidates the adopted 2023 ESRS, the simplified ESRS approved on 28 November 2025, the VSME…
Tata Steel and Cemvision have launched a feasibility study into turning steel slags into low-carbon cement and recovered metals, aiming to create a circular and sustainable industrial model with support from Sweden and India. Cemvision and Tata Steel have launched a jointly funded feasibility study to assess converting Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) and Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) slags into high‑value feedstock for near‑zero‑carbon cement while extracting metals for reuse in steelmaking. The work, backed by a grant from the Swedish Energy Agency and complementary support from India’s Department of Science and Technology, will run for approximately ten to twelve months…
India’s textiles sector is entering a key phase where interoperable data and eco-innovation are crucial to meeting global standards, boosting sustainability, and securing market access amidst tightening regulations. According to the original report, India’s textiles industry is entering a pivotal phase in which structured, interoperable data is becoming the linchpin of both sustainability and competitiveness. The four‑year InTex India programme led by the United Nations Environment Programme, with support from Denmark, is accelerating that shift by promoting life‑cycle approaches and eco‑innovation across key clusters such as Surat and Karur. Industry stakeholders and policymakers now view robust traceability and transparent environmental…
The National Energy System Operator has introduced a fast-tracked, strategic pipeline to prioritise ready projects and accelerate the UK’s journey towards its 2030 decarbonisation goals, potentially unlocking £40 billion annually in clean investment. The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has published a defined, fast‑tracked pipeline of deliverable energy projects designed to accelerate progress towards the UK government’s Clean Power by 2030 objective and unblock investment in decarbonisation. According to the original report from NESO, the new pipeline identifies 283 GW of generation and storage capacity and 99 GW of transmission‑connected demand that will be prioritised for connection to Great Britain’s…
India is moving from experimentation to commercialisation of homegrown bioplastics, with breakthroughs from academic labs and startups poised to transform supply chains, reduce emissions, and create rural jobs amid mounting plastic pollution and decarbonisation goals. As India confronts mounting plastic pollution and the need to decarbonise industrial supply chains, a wave of homegrown bioplastics innovation is moving the country from experimentation towards commercial readiness. According to the original report, breakthroughs from academic labs and startups , coupled with policy drivers such as extended producer responsibility (EPR) , are creating an industrial opportunity that could reduce petrochemical imports, open rural manufacturing…
Italy’s industry minister Adolfo Urso has called for a Europe-first industrial strategy prioritising strategic autonomy, external partnerships, and immediate measures to protect energy-intensive industries amid ongoing debates over decarbonisation and trade protection. According to the original report, Italy’s industry minister, Adolfo Urso, used a press point on the margins of the EU Competitiveness Council in Brussels to press for a Europe-first industrial strategy that couples strategic autonomy with international cooperation. Speaking to journalists, he said: “L’Europa deve far da sé ed è in condizione di farlo. Se rialza la testa, se ragiona. L’Europa deve fare la sua parte, pensando alle…
The UK government confirms that from April 2027, chemically recycled plastics will count towards the 30% recycled-content threshold for the Plastic Packaging Tax, signalling a strategic pivot for manufacturers and boosting demand for advanced recycling technologies. The UK government has confirmed that chemically recycled plastic will count towards the 30% recycled‑content threshold for the Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) from 1 April 2027, while material classed as pre‑consumer waste (production scrap, off‑cuts, regrind) will no longer qualify as recycled content under the tax. According to the original report, the change will be enacted through the Finance Bill 2025/2026 and implemented from…
Great British Energy unveils a strategic plan to accelerate UK’s renewable capacity, targeting 15 GW by 2030 through public and private sector collaboration, regional job creation, and community projects. Great British Energy (GBE) has published a five‑year strategic plan setting out an accelerated push to scale renewable generation and storage across the UK, with a target to deliver at least 15 gigawatts (GW) of new clean energy capacity and battery storage by 2030. According to the original report from GBE, the state‑owned vehicle will act as both developer and equity investor, reinvesting returns from publicly owned assets into further capacity,…
Deep.Meta’s innovative digital twin platform demonstrates nearly 10% emissions reduction at a UK steel mill, setting a potential blueprint for industrial decarbonisation through physics-informed AI technology. Deep.Meta, a spin‑out with roots at Imperial College London, has taken an early step toward decarbonising one of the most energy‑intensive links in modern supply chains by demonstrating that a physics‑informed digital twin can materially cut steelmaking emissions and costs. According to the original report, the company’s Deep.Optimiser PhyX platform , which fuses real‑time sensor data, materials‑science models and machine learning , achieved close to a 10 percent reduction in emissions during trials at…
