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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Santa Monica startup Equatic unveils plans for large-scale seawater electrolysis plants to harness the ocean’s potential as a cost-effective carbon sink and produce low‑carbon hydrogen, aiming to transform industrial decarbonisation. Equatic, a Santa Monica startup spun out of UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management, is betting that the planet’s oceans can be engineered into a cost‑effective route for large‑scale carbon dioxide removal while simultaneously yielding low‑carbon hydrogen for industrial use. Backed by an $11.6 million Series A round led by Catalytic Capital for Climate and Health (a Temasek Trust division) and Kibo Invest, the company is progressing plans for multiple commercial…
A pioneering collaboration between Holcim UK and Canary Wharf Group has produced a concrete mix that achieves net-negative lifecycle emissions by embedding biochar from local waste, potentially transforming the built environment’s carbon footprint. A consortium led by Holcim UK and Canary Wharf Group has demonstrated a concrete mix that its backers say achieves net zero , and even net-negative , lifecycle emissions by embedding biochar made from local waste into structural pours across live London projects. According to ESG News, full-scale trials at Canary Wharf produced a projected net global warming potential of -14 kgCO₂e per cubic metre after optimisation,…
At Smart Factory & Automation World 2026 in Seoul, the manufacturing sector showcased a shift towards autonomous transformation through real-time, edge-based AI solutions, signalling a crucial evolution for industry efficiency and sustainability. As artificial intelligence migrates from cloud-bound analysis toward real-time control at the machine level, the manufacturing sector is visibly shifting from conventional digital transformation toward what industry participants are calling autonomous transformation. That evolution , visible in hardware, software and policy , was a central theme at Smart Factory & Automation World 2026 at COEX in Seoul, where vendors and government officials highlighted how sensors, on‑device inference and…
A European consortium led by Empa and ETH Zurich is pioneering a new approach to concrete that combines digital design, additive manufacturing, and recycled industrial materials to create dismantlable, high-performance load-bearing structures with a lower environmental footprint. With aims to produce a demonstrator by 2028, the project signals a shift towards sustainable, circular construction practices. Researchers across Europe are developing a radically different approach to concrete that aims to cut embodied carbon, shrink material use and enable genuine circularity in load-bearing building elements. According to the report by myScience, a consortium led by partners including Empa and ETH Zurich is…
The UK Atomic Energy Authority has begun installing Sunrise, a purpose-built supercomputer that combines high-performance simulation and AI workloads to accelerate commercial nuclear fusion development and digital-twin applications. The UK Atomic Energy Authority has begun installing a purpose-built supercomputer, Sunrise, to accelerate research into commercial nuclear fusion by combining high-performance simulation with large-scale artificial intelligence workloads. According to Computer Weekly, the system is built on AMD Epyc processors and AMD Instinct accelerators housed in Dell hardware and is optimised around AMD MI 355X GPUs. Rob Akers, UKAEA director for computing programmes, told Computer Weekly that Sunrise delivers roughly 6 exaflops…
Pure Data Centres Group has matched all of its Dublin campus’s natural gas use with renewable biomethane in Europe’s first successful data-centre biomethane proof of concept, raising questions about long-term sustainable decarbonisation strategies for Irish data centres. Pure Data Centres Group says it matched all of the natural gas used at its Dublin campus during 2025 with renewable biomethane, completing what the company describes as Europe’s first successful data‑centre biomethane proof of concept. According to the announcement, the firm retired Irish Renewable Gas Guarantees of Origin and European biomethane guarantees on a megawatt‑hour basis to align gas consumption with independently…
Following recent volatility in international oil and gas markets, the Global Renewables Alliance calls for accelerated deployment and infrastructure reforms to enhance energy security and resilience through increased renewable capacity. The Global Renewables Alliance has urged governments to accelerate deployment of clean power and storage after fresh instability in international oil and gas markets underscored vulnerabilities linked to fossil fuel dependence. In a joint statement, the coalition of major industry associations argued that repeated price shocks demonstrate the need to shift energy systems towards domestically sourced, low‑carbon technologies that deliver both cost stability and resilience. The alliance pointed to a…
Recent project pauses and procurement failures across Scandinavia highlight the gap between bold decarbonisation goals and operational realities, exposing market, regulatory and commercial challenges that threaten to stall the region’s carbon capture ambitions. Governments across Scandinavia have staked large parts of their decarbonisation strategies on carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS). Yet a string of recent project pauses and procurement failures shows that political resolve alone will not convert engineering potential into operational reality. Rather, the region’s experience is exposing a network of commercial, regulatory and market frictions that must be resolved if CCUS is to move from announcements to…
Frontier launches its 2026 Innovation programme, offering grants and pre-purchases to accelerate diverse technologies in the race to scale permanent carbon dioxide removal, backed by a high-profile buyer consortium including Stripe, Alphabet, and Meta. Frontier has opened its application window for the 2026 round of its Innovation programme, seeking teams from companies, universities and non‑profits with technologies that can permanently remove carbon dioxide at scale. The initiative sits within Frontier’s advance market commitment, a buyer consortium set up to stimulate the carbon removal market by guaranteeing demand for verified removals. The AMC, backed by Stripe, Alphabet, Shopify, Meta and McKinsey…
A University of Michigan spin-out’s groundbreaking TPV technology promises to turn industrial waste heat into efficient, scalable electricity, potentially reshaping high-temperature industry practices and accelerating decarbonisation efforts. For decades heavy industry has been surrendering vast quantities of thermal energy to the atmosphere, forcing plants to buy fuel for processes that discard a large share of the heat they generate. That persistent inefficiency leaves manufacturers exposed to volatile grid prices and constrains efforts to decarbonise sectors that require extremely high temperatures. Traditional approaches to making industrial power cleaner , greater deployment of wind and solar plus batteries or pumped hydro to…
