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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Turkey has announced comprehensive new regulations, certification schemes, and international collaborations aimed at fast-tracking its goal of net zero emissions by 2053, positioning the country as a leader in green industrial innovation. The Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change has taken a significant regulatory step to foster green and clean production within the industrial sector, aligning with the nation’s ambitious 2053 Net Zero Emission Target set by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The Ministry’s General Directorate of Environmental Management has developed the “Sectoral Best Available Techniques (BAT) Communiqués,” a comprehensive framework that will come into force on 1 December…
Leading Portuguese microalgae producers, including Necton and Allmicroalgae, are pioneering energy-efficient and circular practices, harnessing scientific research to boost environmental and economic sustainability amid European decarbonisation goals. Portuguese microalgae producers are undertaking a comprehensive transformation of their industrial processes to become more sustainable and internationally competitive, aligning with broader European decarbonisation and green biotechnology agendas. Leading the charge are two national companies, Necton and Allmicroalgae, which are integrating renewable energy sources and circular economy principles into their operations to significantly reduce the environmental footprint of microalgae production. This shift involves the adoption of solar energy and innovative reuse of wastewater…
Innovative drone technologies with sensors, AI, and autonomous capabilities are transforming industrial inspections, enhancing safety, reducing costs, and enabling precise environmental monitoring across sectors like energy, chemicals, and aerospace. Drones have firmly established themselves as indispensable tools in the industrial maintenance sector, evolving far beyond their original role as basic visual check devices. Today, they are equipped with sophisticated sensors, cameras, and AI-driven analysis capabilities, enabling detailed detection of leaks, corrosion, and structural damage across a wide range of industries. Their capacity to access elevated, hazardous, or otherwise difficult-to-reach areas without the need for scaffolding, rope access, or plant shutdowns…
Pioneering projects in the forest and cement sectors across Nordic countries showcase a shift towards scalable carbon capture and utilisation, bolstering global efforts to achieve net-zero emissions through technological innovation and strategic storage solutions. Biogenic carbon dioxide (CO₂) and carbon capture utilisation (CCU) technologies are rapidly emerging as pivotal elements in the industrial decarbonisation landscape, particularly across sectors reliant on biomass and heavy industry emissions. Recent pioneering initiatives in the forest and cement industries illustrate the potential to transform emissions from challengingly high-pollution processes into valuable assets. In the forest industry, which has historically left biogenic CO₂ , derived from…
Carbon Clean and SAMSUNG E&A join forces to advance scalable, modular carbon capture solutions, aiming to revolutionise industrial decarbonisation with faster, cost-effective technologies across onshore and offshore sectors. Carbon Clean, a prominent innovator in affordable industrial carbon capture technology, has entered into a strategic alliance with SAMSUNG E&A, a globally renowned engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) powerhouse, to accelerate the deployment of modular, scalable carbon capture solutions internationally. This partnership aims to make significant inroads into industrial decarbonisation, particularly targeting sectors traditionally difficult to abate. At the core of the collaboration is Carbon Clean’s patented CycloneCC™ technology, a fully modular…
The US manufacturing sector continues its robust expansion in 2025, outpacing Germany, France, and the UK, as differing approaches to environmental regulation and industrial policy reshape global industrial competitiveness. The United States manufacturing sector is currently outperforming all of its G7 counterparts, particularly Germany, France, and the UK, a dynamic largely attributed to divergent approaches toward industrial policy and climate regulation. According to recent data from S&P Global and HCOB, the U.S. manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stands at a sturdy 51.9 in November 2025, marking sustained expansion over ten of the last eleven months. In contrast, Germany’s manufacturing PMI…
China plans to enhance its green industrial sector through expanded multilateral cooperation, significant foreign investments, and innovation in new energy technologies, aiming for a sustainable and decarbonised future. China is poised to accelerate its green transition in manufacturing through expanded multilateral cooperation and strategic global investment in new energy technologies, according to Li Lecheng, the country’s minister of industry and information technology. In an exclusive article for China Daily, Li outlined robust plans to enhance China’s leadership in photovoltaics, wind power, lithium batteries, and new energy vehicles (NEVs), reflecting a wider strategy to embed sustainable industrial growth and contribute meaningfully…
Bangladesh is transforming its economy through innovative green initiatives, ambitious climate targets, and sustainable industrial policies, aiming for a resilient and inclusive future amid global climate challenges. Bangladesh stands at a pivotal moment in its economic development, with its future prosperity increasingly tied to its ability to pursue green growth strategies. The country’s evolving approach to climate action, energy, waste management, and industrial innovation signals a significant shift from traditional carbon-intensive growth to a more resilient, inclusive, and productive economic model. Central to this transformation is Bangladesh’s Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0), which outlines an ambitious low-carbon, climate-resilient development…
Despite the urgent need to shift from fossil fuels, developing nations in the global south grapple with financial, technological, and social challenges that threaten to delay sustainable energy progress and climate action. The energy transition in developing nations, particularly across the global south, presents a multifaceted challenge with profound implications for sustainable development and climate change mitigation. While these countries strive to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels, they face a constellation of financial, technological, and policy hurdles that complicate their shift to renewable energy sources. A fundamental obstacle lies in the heavy dependency on fossil fuels, which still account…
Canada unveils a bold Climate Competitiveness Strategy, targeting over $1 trillion investment to bolster its position as a global clean energy leader amid growing technological and market shifts. Canada’s government has unveiled a comprehensive Climate Competitiveness Strategy within its Budget 2025 framework, aiming to position the country as a leader in the global clean energy economy. Announced by the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, the strategy is designed to drive over $1 trillion in investment over the next five years. This ambitious plan focuses on…
