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 evolving patchwork of U.S. climate rules from states like New York and California is forcing companies to develop integrated strategies, turning policy complexity into a business advantage amid increasing reporting and compliance demands. U.S. climate policy is becoming harder for companies to navigate, not because the overall direction is unclear, but because the rules are increasingly uneven from state to state. For sustainability and industrial decarbonisation teams, that means the task is no longer simply tracking regulation. It is about translating a fragmented policy landscape into investment decisions, reporting systems, supplier engagement and executive strategy. New York has become…
The European Commission plans to deploy €800 million to establish the world’s first Hydrogen Bank, aiming to accelerate the growth of renewable hydrogen across the EU and support its decarbonisation goals amid energy security concerns. The European Commission is preparing to launch what it describes as the world’s first Hydrogen Bank, an instrument designed to accelerate renewable hydrogen production across the bloc and draw in private capital. According to the Commission’s plans, the scheme will make €800 million available from European funds in an effort to close the early-stage financing gap that has slowed investment in the sector. Officials say…
The Open Group introduces the Open Footprint Standard 1.0 to unify emissions data, support regulatory compliance and facilitate the adoption of AI-driven sustainability solutions across supply chains. The Open Group has launched the Open Footprint Standard, Edition 1.0, an open data model it says is designed to bring more consistency to carbon reporting across Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions. The move comes as companies face mounting pressure to produce emissions figures that are not only complete, but also comparable and auditable across borders, business units and supplier networks. For many industrial groups, the hardest part of carbon…
Business groups warn that EU proposals demanding high local content could exclude UK suppliers, risking Britain’s integration into European manufacturing networks amid ongoing trade negotiations. Britain risks being left on the sidelines of the European Union’s emerging “Made in Europe” industrial drive unless it is granted carve-outs in talks with Brussels, business groups have warned. The British Chambers of Commerce says draft proposals under discussion in the EU could require as much as 70 per cent of the components in qualifying goods to come from within the bloc. In its view, that would put British suppliers in danger of being…
London-based Gigaton raises $26 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-driven control systems, promising significant operational savings and emissions reductions in sectors like cement, steel, and chemicals. Gigaton has raised $26 million in Series A funding to push its artificial intelligence software deeper into heavy industry, where it says autonomous control can cut both operating costs and emissions in some of the most difficult-to-run plants in the world. The round was led by Plural, with backing from 2150 and Semapa Next, alongside existing investors including Planet A Ventures, Cambridge Enterprise Ventures, the UCL Technology Fund, which is managed…
New research highlights how government incentives not only slash costs of green hydrogen but also influence project design, accelerating decarbonisation efforts in heavy industry. A new study adds weight to the argument that public policy, not just engineering progress, will determine how quickly green hydrogen reaches hard-to-abate industries. Researchers examining heavy industrial applications in Italy found that national incentives can materially improve the economics of power-to-hydrogen systems built around solar and wind generation, PEM electrolysers, storage and hydrogen tanks. In the baseline case, the levelised cost of hydrogen came in at about $7.8 per kilogram; with incentives included, it fell…
Denmark’s support for Aalborg Portland’s project marks one of Europe’s first large-scale deployments of CCS in heavy industry, tackling the sector’s stubborn emissions and setting a potential blueprint for decarbonising other hard-to-abate sectors. Denmark has taken a significant step towards making carbon capture a practical part of industrial decarbonisation, with Aalborg Portland winning support in the country’s latest CCS tender for a project that could capture, transport and permanently store 1.25 million tonnes of CO2 a year from 2030. The scale matters because the cement sector is one of the most difficult parts of the economy to clean up. Industry…
LanzaTech teams up with Denmark’s DTU to develop a cutting-edge biofoundry that aims to fast-track the transformation of industrial carbon streams into fuels and chemicals, boosting Europe’s green innovation efforts. LanzaTech has struck a multi-year partnership with BRIGHT, the biotechnology research institute at the Technical University of Denmark, to build a next-generation C1 biofoundry aimed at speeding up the conversion of industrial carbon streams into fuels, chemicals and materials. The collaboration, which runs until April 2028, will centre on the design and installation of a facility at DTU that can accelerate work on gas fermentation, a process in which engineered…
The maritime sector is rapidly shifting from pilot projects to mainstream adoption of electrification, with over 1,300 vessels already in service and market growth expected to surpass $1.2 billion by 2030, driven by regulatory pressures and economic factors. Maritime electrification is moving from niche pilot projects towards a more established part of the sector’s decarbonisation toolkit, with battery energy storage systems increasingly used to support hybrid propulsion on larger ships and fully electric operation on smaller, shorter-haul routes. FTI Consulting says the market is being pulled forward by a combination of regulatory pressure, fuel-cost economics and the practical need to…
The World Bank reports a record $107 billion in global carbon pricing revenue for 2025, driven by wider adoption and higher prices, signalling a deepening shift in industrial and fiscal strategies worldwide. Global carbon pricing revenue reached a record $107 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank’s latest State and Trends of Carbon Pricing report, underlining how governments are increasingly leaning on emissions pricing not only as a climate policy instrument but also as a source of public revenue. The World Bank said direct carbon pricing now covers nearly 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions, supported by 87 policies…
