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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Toyota is establishing a large-scale Circular Factory in Wałbrzych, Poland, to intensify vehicle recycling, recover critical materials and support its transition to climate neutrality amidst Europe’s push for sustainable automotive production. Toyota is to establish a large-scale vehicle recycling operation at its Wałbrzych complex in southwestern Poland, expanding its European circular-economy footprint and targeting a tighter supply of secondary materials for decarbonising automotive production. According to a Toyota Motor Europe announcement, the new Circular Factory will occupy about 25,000 square metres and is engineered to handle close to 20,000 end-of-life vehicles each year. The company said the site will prioritise…
Spanish optimisation specialist Optimitive unveils its real-time AI platform, OPTIBAT® 7, aimed at boosting efficiency and reducing emissions in cement manufacturing, backed by €6m in new funding and strategic investments from Cemex Ventures, Titan Group, and Suma Capital. Spanish optimisation specialist Optimitive has released OPTIBAT® 7, a real‑time, closed‑loop AI platform aimed at raising the degree of autonomous control in cement manufacturing while cutting energy use and CO2 emissions. According to Optimitive, the software continuously steers process parameters to boost throughput and efficiency with limited human intervention, presenting itself as a tool for operations seeking incremental gains where margins and…
Lhoist and Air Liquide announce the EVEREST project, a pioneering initiative combining advanced carbon capture and oxyfuel kiln technology to significantly reduce CO₂ emissions from lime production in Germany, with potential for European-wide replication. Lhoist and Air Liquide have unveiled a major industrial decarbonisation initiative centred on Wülfrath, Germany, that aims to demonstrate how conventional lime production can be adapted to meet Europe’s net‑zero targets. According to Lhoist, the EVEREST project will pair a novel low‑carbon lime kiln with Air Liquide’s Cryocap FG cryogenic carbon capture system to remove the vast majority of CO₂ released during calcination and fuel combustion…
INERATEC has delivered a basic engineering study for a pilot Power‑to‑Liquids facility in Chile’s Biobío, aiming to convert biogenic CO₂ and renewable hydrogen into low‑carbon fuels, marking a significant step towards regional e‑fuel production and industrial decarbonisation. INERATEC has delivered a basic engineering study for a pilot Power‑to‑Liquids (PtL) facility to be sited within ARAUCO’s industrial complex in Chile’s Biobío region, advancing a multi‑party effort to convert biogenic CO₂ and renewable hydrogen into low‑carbon transport fuels and specialty chemicals. According to the company, the study lays out modular plant layouts, material flows and utility requirements for a two‑step syngas‑to‑fuel process…
The SAFc Registry, launched in 2023 to enhance transparency in the sustainable aviation fuel market, has achieved a significant milestone by recording the abatement of half a million metric tonnes of CO2e, reflecting growing corporate demand for verifiable and high-integrity climate action in aviation. The SAFc Registry, an independent not‑for‑profit platform set up to improve transparency in the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market, has recorded the abatement of 500,000 metric tons of carbon‑dioxide equivalent (CO2e) through certificates issued on its ledger, the registry’s organisers announced on 19 February 2026. The milestone reflects verified displacements of conventional jet fuel and comes…
A new report reveals uneven progress across EU member states in implementing energy storage policies, risking the continent’s ability to meet ambitious capacity targets amid accelerating industry growth. The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has concluded that implementation of its recommendation on energy storage across the European Union is uneven, underscoring a gap between ambitious capacity projections and the policy frameworks needed to realise them. According to the JRC report, Member States exhibit a patchwork of progress on legal definitions, planning and regulatory arrangements even as studies indicate Europe will require hundreds of gigawatts of storage this decade and beyond.…
The US government is shifting from policy to action in critical minerals, deploying over $10 billion across multiple agencies to fund domestic processing, reserve mechanisms, and strategic projects, shaping a new industrial decarbonisation landscape. Washington has moved from diagnosis to deployment in the critical minerals arena, shifting sizeable public capital into financing, processing and reserve mechanisms that could materially accelerate projects needed for electrification and industrial decarbonisation. At the centre of the shift is a cluster of large, targeted commitments that treat mineral security as a financing problem rather than a purely policy one. The Export-Import Bank has pledged loan…
Big technology firms led a concentrated surge in corporate renewable power contracts in 2025, highlighting trends of market bifurcation and increasing demand for reliable, firm power sources amid diverging regional dynamics and policy shifts. Big technology companies drove a concentrated surge in corporate clean energy contracting in 2025 even as overall offsite purchasing eased, according to a BloombergNEF analysis that underscores a bifurcated market and a growing appetite among hyperscalers for firm, always-on power. According to BloombergNEF’s 1H 2026 Corporate Energy Market Outlook, global corporate clean power purchase agreement (PPA) volumes fell 10% to 55.9 GW in 2025, the first…
Bahrain is intensifying efforts to decarbonise its manufacturing sector by awarding Green Factory Seals to over 40 sites, aligning industrial growth with climate targets and economic diversification. Bahrain is stepping up efforts to decarbonise its manufacturing base by awarding Green Factory Seals to a growing cohort of industrial sites, a move designed to embed resource efficiency, emissions control and circular practices into factory operations. According to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, more than 40 factories have now received the Green Factory Seal, a certification assessing water management, waste treatment, energy use, adoption of renewables where feasible and compliance with…
The European Commission’s recent investment in Egypt’s green energy projects underscores a strategic shift, emphasising the importance of robust power systems alongside hydrogen production to ensure export success and domestic energy security. The European Commission’s decision to direct €124.3 million into Egyptian clean-energy initiatives underscores a shifting emphasis in Europe’s hydrogen diplomacy: money for molecules must be matched by investment in the power systems that create them. The package splits roughly €34.3 million for the Ain Sokhna green-hydrogen/green-ammonia project and about €90 million for a national grid modernisation and expansion programme intended to accommodate 22 GW of clean generation by…
