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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The global cement and concrete sector has cut its CO₂ intensity by 25% since 1990, achieving milestones in emissions reduction, but industry leaders stress the need for stronger policy support to reach net zero by 2050. The global cement and concrete industry has reported a significant reduction in carbon dioxide (CO₂) intensity of its products, amounting to a 25% decrease since 1990, according to a recent report launched at COP30 in Belem, Brazil. The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), which represents a majority of global cement production capacity outside China, claims the sector is making considerable progress in decarbonisation…
The integration of edge artificial intelligence, multimodal wireless sensors, and robotics is transforming industrial processes, enabling real-time decision-making, predictive maintenance, and enhanced operational resilience in the evolving landscape of Industry 4.0. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) stands at the cusp of transformation, driven by the integration of edge artificial intelligence (AI), multimodal wireless sensors, and robotics, which collectively promise to elevate industrial efficiency, yield, and operational uptime. Traditional IIoT systems, largely reliant on wired sensors hardened for harsh environments, are being superseded by smarter, wireless, AI-empowered devices that enable advanced predictive maintenance and real-time anomaly detection at the edge…
China launches its first integrated green methanol demonstration facility in Jilin Province, aiming to transform maritime fuel supply and reduce CO2 emissions through a pioneering renewable energy-powered approach, amid evolving international regulations. China has initiated a significant stride in maritime decarbonisation with the groundbreaking of its first integrated green methanol demonstration facility in Siping, Jilin Province. Led by State Power Investment Corporation’s (SPIC) subsidiary Jilin Electric Power, in partnership with COSCO SHIPPING and Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), the Lishu project targets an impressive annual production capacity of 197,200 tonnes of green methanol. This initiative aims to reduce CO2 emissions…
ArcelorMittal has adopted green hydrogen combustion in its Spanish rolling mill, highlighting a pragmatic step towards decarbonising steel production, even as its ambitious projects in Germany face economic hurdles amidst energy market volatility. ArcelorMittal, one of the world’s largest steel producers, has taken a significant but measured step towards industrial decarbonisation by installing a green hydrogen combustion system at its Olaberria rolling mill in Spain. The plant, which processes scrap steel using electric arc furnaces and casts and rolls it into construction materials, has replaced its natural gas-fired reheating furnaces with units designed to combust 100% green hydrogen oxyfuel. This…
A pioneering project in Redding, California, will convert wildfire-harvested trees into environmentally friendly building materials, supporting climate goals and rural economic growth. WRNS Studio and FABRIC Mass Timber have embarked on a pioneering project to design and develop California’s first regenerative mass timber manufacturing facility, situated in Redding, Northern California. This 200,000-square-foot factory will transform wildfire fuel, trees removed as part of hazardous fuel reduction and forest restoration efforts, into climate-positive, high-value building materials. The initiative aims to position California, the largest consumer of mass timber in North America, as a leader in sustainable mass timber production, while supporting rural…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development invests €50 million in Çimsa to upgrade facilities with low-carbon calcium aluminate cement technology, supporting Türkiye’s net-zero ambitions and industrial sustainability. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is advancing its support for industrial decarbonisation in Türkiye by providing a €50 million loan to Çimsa, a leading Turkish cement producer, to finance a significant upgrade and expansion of its production facilities aimed at reducing carbon emissions. This financing will be allocated to constructing a greenfield calcium aluminate cement (CAC) kiln, alongside decarbonisation upgrades for existing grey and white cement kilns at Çimsa’s…
At its annual Innovation Summit in Copenhagen, Schneider Electric unveils new initiatives, partnerships, and technological advancements to propel the energy transition towards smarter, more sustainable and resilient systems amid rising global electricity demand. Schneider Electric, a global frontrunner in energy technology, recently convened its annual Innovation Summit in Copenhagen, attracting over 5,000 participants including 600 C-level executives, government officials, industry leaders, and employees from diverse economic sectors. This event underscored the company’s commitment to shaping a future where energy is not only universally accessible but also intelligent, sustainable, and resilient. At the summit, CEO Olivier Blum delivered a keynote outlining…
As the chemical sector faces mounting pressures from energy costs, regulations, and sustainability commitments, companies are adopting hybrid renewables, fuel diversification, and energy efficiency initiatives to drive a transformative shift towards low-carbon manufacturing, despite complex logistical and technological hurdles. The chemical industry, inherently energy-intensive, is navigating a critical juncture as it confronts mounting pressures to decarbonise amid escalating energy costs, regulatory demands, and evolving carbon accountability frameworks such as the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Energy, once a taken-for-granted input, now substantially influences competitiveness, investor confidence, and regulatory compliance, propelling low-carbon manufacturing from a peripheral initiative to a…
Hyundai Motor is investing up to $680 million to build a state-of-the-art hydrogen fuel cell and electrolyzer complex in Ulsan, accelerating South Korea’s leadership in the global hydrogen industry and marking a crucial step in the green energy transition. Hyundai Motor has embarked on a significant expansion of its hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing capabilities, marking a major milestone in South Korea’s rapidly evolving hydrogen economy. The company recently commenced construction of a state-of-the-art hydrogen fuel cell and electrolyzer production complex in Ulsan, South Korea, signalling a strategic commitment to the global energy transition and decarbonisation goals. The new facility, situated…
Algoma Steel Group Inc. has completed a $500 million financing deal backed by Canadian and Ontario governments, supporting its shift to Electric Arc Furnace steelmaking and pioneering one of North America’s largest industrial decarbonization projects. Algoma Steel Group Inc., a leading Canadian producer of hot and cold rolled steel sheet and plate products, has successfully completed a significant $500 million financing transaction with the Governments of Canada and Ontario, marking a pivotal step in its ongoing industrial transformation. This financing, announced in November 2025, includes $400 million from the Canada Enterprise Emergency Funding Corporation (CEEFC), a subsidiary of the Canada…
