Heidelberg Materials UK has proven a zero concrete waste process at its Greenwich plant on the Thames, recovering aggregates for reuse and pairing concrete recycling with CarbonCure CO2-injection technology. Heidelberg Materials UK said it has proven a zero concrete waste process at its Greenwich plant on the River Thames, using…
Moët Hennessy and Verallia have launched a research partnership to develop lightweight glass bottles, cutting wine and spirits packaging weight by 30% to 50% to reduce the sector’s carbon footprint. Moët Hennessy, the wine and spirits division of LVMH, and Verallia, Europe’s largest producer of glass packaging for food and…
Swedish cement technology company Cemvision and precast concrete manufacturer S:t Eriks have signed a partnership to bring near-zero carbon concrete to the Nordic and Baltic construction markets by 2028. Swedish cement technology firm Cemvision and precast concrete manufacturer S:t Eriks have signed a joint sales agreement to develop and commercialise…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
Mission Possible Partnership has published guardrails for mass balance claims, aiming to help buyers judge which accounting systems for low-carbon steel, cement and chemicals deserve their trust. Mission Possible Partnership has published a framework for assessing mass balance claims, aiming to stop the accounting method used across steel, cement, chemicals, aluminium and aviation supply chains from undermining trust in low-emission products. The report, titled “Principles and Guardrails for Credible Mass Balance Claims”, sets out what MPP calls a due-diligence tool for buyers, producers and standard setters to judge whether a given mass balance system deserves confidence. Section 6 of the…
Kanin Energy raised $100 million from S2G Investments and Canada Growth Fund to expand waste heat recovery across cement, steel, refining and gas plants, cutting costs and emissions. Kanin Energy has raised $100 million in new equity to expand waste heat recovery projects across North American cement, steel, refining and gas facilities, the Calgary-based developer said on 17 September. S2G Investments led the round with a $50 million commitment, matched by a further $50 million from Canada Growth Fund. Kanin, founded in 2020, converts heat that would otherwise vent from industrial processes into electricity, and says up to 58% of…
ENEOS Holdings used AI catalyst discovery from Matlantis and NVIDIA to screen 100 million candidate materials for hydrogen electrolysis, cutting a years-long search to just months. ENEOS Holdings has used AI catalyst discovery to screen around 100 million candidate materials for hydrogen electrolysis, cutting a search that once took years down to a few months, Matlantis and NVIDIA said on 17 September. The Japanese energy group combined Matlantis PFP, a general-purpose machine learning interatomic potential, with NVIDIA ALCHEMI, an accelerated computing platform for chemistry and materials workloads. Together the two systems let ENEOS evaluate huge numbers of candidate structures for…
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…
Durham University researchers put the hydrogen storage potential of depleted North Sea oil and gas fields at 3,659 terawatt-hours, enough to take conventional gas power stations off the British grid by 2040. Depleted oil and gas fields in the North Sea could hold 3,659 terawatt-hours of hydrogen, more than seven…
Carbon capture developer Mantel has raised $18 million from Constellation Technology Ventures and Azimut Investments, taking total funding to $50 million as it moves molten borate capture into power, pulp and oil and gas projects. Mantel has raised $18 million from Constellation Technology Ventures, Azimut Investments and existing investors to…
Japan’s trade ministry has asked for JPY 1.26 trillion in its fiscal 2027 budget request for green transformation, more than double this year’s allocation, with electric arc furnace conversion and green steel procurement in the frame. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has requested JPY 1.26 trillion ($7.88 billion)…
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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 Dubai-based bank published its first Transition Finance Framework, covering manufacturing, mining and power, and tied to a target of mobilising $30 billion of sustainable and transition finance by 2030. Emirates NBD has published its first Transition Finance Framework, setting out how the bank will identify and categorise lending that supports decarbonisation in carbon-intensive sectors. The framework underpins a commitment to mobilise $30 billion of sustainable and transition finance by 2030. The banking group covers the Middle East, North Africa, Türkiye and South Asia. It sits alongside the bank’s existing Sustainable Finance Framework and is aimed at clients whose activities…
The European Commission has approved an amendment to state aid rules for Thyssenkrupp’s Duisburg direct reduction plant, letting about €2bn of public money flow while the plant starts without renewable hydrogen. The European Commission has approved a change to the state aid framework behind Thyssenkrupp’s €3 billion direct reduction plant in Duisburg, clearing the way for the facility to start up without renewable hydrogen. Finance chief Axel Hamann disclosed the decision alongside the group’s nine-month results on 13 August, Reuters reported. Two thirds of the €3 billion, roughly €2 billion, comes from the German federal government and North Rhine-Westphalia. That…
The GHG Protocol will combine its corporate greenhouse gas accounting standards with ISO’s, creating a single global standard, alongside updates to its Scope 2 and market-instrument rules announced on 29 July 2026. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) will merge its corporate carbon accounting standards with those of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), it said in an announcement on 29 July 2026. The move creates a single harmonised global standard for how companies measure and report emissions. The consolidation brings together the GHG Protocol’s Scope 1, Scope 2, Scope 3 and Actions and Market Instruments standards with ISO’s 14064-1…
India’s renewable energy ministry has published a model electrolyser-as-a-service agreement, letting industrial firms buy green hydrogen from developer-owned plants on site instead of funding their own electrolysers. India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has published a model “electrolyser-as-a-service” agreement to lower the cost of entry into green hydrogen. The framework sits under the National Green Hydrogen Mission and targets industrial users. Under a build-own-operate model, technology developers set up, own and run electrolyser plants at a customer’s site. The industrial user buys the hydrogen and oxygen produced instead of building its own plant. The developer keeps responsibility for…
Industry makes almost a third of US energy emissions, yet high electricity prices keep factories on gas. New UC Berkeley and NRDC research and a California bill map ways to close the gap. High electricity prices are holding US factories back from cleaner heat, Canary Media reported on 27 July. Industrial sites burn fossil fuels to make food, drinks, materials and chemicals, and the sector produces nearly a third of US energy-related carbon dioxide. The technology already exists. Industrial heat pumps, electric boilers and heat-storing thermal batteries are commercially available. The barrier is cost. In almost every state, electricity is…
KBR will manage the FEED and execution of Power2X’s eFuels plant in Rotterdam, set to make more than 250,000 tonnes of synthetic aviation fuel a year for EU blending mandates. KBR has won the project management consultant role for Power2X’s eFuels plant in Rotterdam, the company said on 27 July. The plant is set to become one of Europe’s largest producers of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF). The facility is designed to make more than 250,000 tonnes of eSAF a year. That is close to 40% of the volume required under the first phase of the EU’s ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation,…
North Atlantic is adding a 481MW wind farm to double its Newfoundland green hydrogen project to about 60,000 tonnes a year for export, even as rival provincial hydrogen schemes stall. North Atlantic is doubling the size of its green hydrogen project in Newfoundland and Labrador. A planned second phase would add a 481MW wind farm and lift total hydrogen output to about 60,000 tonnes a year for export to global markets. The St John’s-based company said on 8 July that it had begun the environmental assessment for phase two, on the Avalon Isthmus. It expects to register the phase with…
Public funding will support the third phase of Veri Energy’s planned clean fuels hub at Sullom Voe, which would make hydrogen and e-methanol for a proposed Grangemouth aviation fuel plant. The Scottish Government will put almost £760,000 into a clean fuels hub at Sullom Voe Terminal (SVT) in Shetland. Energy minister Stephen Gethins announced the money before a visit to the site. Veri Energy, the EnQuest subsidiary running SVT’s shift away from fossil fuels, receives the funding for the third phase of the project. Phases one and two cost £2.2 million, paid by Veri Energy and the Net Zero Technology…
The US Department of Agriculture has finalised its Regenerative Feedstock Rule and carbon intensity calculator, letting ethanol producers combine lower-carbon crops with carbon capture to raise their 45Z clean fuel tax credit. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finalised a framework for measuring the emissions of biofuel feedstocks. The move ties farm-level carbon data to the federal 45Z clean fuel tax credit and improves the economics of carbon capture at ethanol plants. The USDA said its Regenerative Feedstock Rule and a matching Feedstock Carbon Intensity Calculator are ready for release. The voluntary system lets farmers quantify how practices such…
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has published Energy Systems Catapult research assessing five hydrogen BECCS technologies on cost, emissions and system role, giving UK policymakers a fresh benchmark for negative-emissions hydrogen. The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has published a new assessment of hydrogen bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (H2 BECCS), according to research released on 28 July. The study rates five production routes on cost, emissions and their place in a future energy system. DESNZ commissioned the Energy Systems Catapult to gather the evidence. The work combined a review of published…
