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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Recycling Powerhouse Ltd. plans to establish franchise-led textile recycling plants globally, starting in Qatar, to address industry’s circularity gap through standardisation, traceability, and scalable production. A new Switzerland-based venture is aiming to move textile recycling from fragmented pilot projects to an industrial model built around standardisation, traceability and repeatable production. Recycling Powerhouse Ltd., established in July 2026 in Winterthur, says it will develop a franchise-led network of recycling plants designed to turn post-consumer and pre-consumer textile waste into certified recycled yarns at scale. The company is backed by Rieter Group, Säntis Textiles and Belgium-based Valvan, and plans its first blueprint…
As demand for electric vehicle batteries surges, manufacturers are fast-tracking offtake agreements to lock in critical raw materials, transforming supply contracts into strategic shields amid geopolitical and market uncertainties. Battery makers and electric vehicle groups are accelerating long-term supply agreements as they try to protect gigafactory output from the next swing in lithium markets. What had once been a narrow procurement issue has become a strategic priority for manufacturers, miners and financiers alike, because cell factories can only scale if the flow of battery-grade materials is secured years in advance. That dynamic is visible in a series of recent contracts.…
The European Commission unveils a bold strategy to double electrification by 2040, reduce fossil fuel imports, and bolster industrial competitiveness through renewable energy and reform of emissions trading. The European Commission has set out a new push to make the continent less dependent on imported fossil fuels by accelerating the shift to electricity from clean, domestic sources, in a move it says could reshape both industry and household energy use. Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, said the best way to cut Europe’s reliance on fossil fuels was to power the economy with electricity from clean sources produced…
The European Commission’s proposed reforms to the EU ETS signal a move away from reliance on carbon prices alone, favouring a wider policy mix to support industry competitiveness and meet climate goals. The European Commission’s latest rethink of carbon pricing under the EU emissions trading system reflects a growing tension at the heart of industrial decarbonisation: how to keep heavy industry competitive while still forcing a credible shift away from fossil fuels. According to the Commission’s proposal, firms would face a gentler rise in carbon costs and, for longer, little or no direct charge for their emissions, a clear sign…
China and India have largely barred their legacy UN carbon projects from the new Article 6.4 market, marking a significant shift that could reshape international carbon trading and bolster market integrity amid ongoing scrutiny. China and India have effectively shut the door on most of their old UN carbon credit projects entering the Paris Agreement’s new international market, in a move that has stripped nearly three-quarters of applicants from the transition pipeline and signalled a tougher era for carbon trading. According to analysis of official data reported by Climate Home News, only 415 of more than 1,500 Clean Development Mechanism…
Scientists in Canada are investigating the potential of naturally occurring hydrogen in the Canadian Shield, aiming to transform the energy landscape by providing a low-cost, scalable source of clean fuel amidst ongoing technological and geological challenges. Hydrogen is often described as a fuel of promise and frustration: when used it can produce only water vapour, yet making it can be energy-intensive and costly. That tension has long limited its role in industrial decarbonisation, especially where investors and operators need low-carbon options that are both scalable and commercially credible. A potentially important shift is now being explored in Canada. Scientists believe…
Researchers in Venezuela are turning oyster shells and recycled plastic into durable, eco-friendly building blocks, offering a sustainable solution to coastal waste and reducing reliance on cement. Venezuelan researchers are turning an environmental nuisance on the country’s Caribbean coast into a construction material, combining recycled plastic with powdered oyster shells to produce ecological blocks that could reduce waste and cut reliance on conventional cement. According to El Aragüeno, the work is being led by scientists from the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, or IVIC, and is aimed at two linked problems: the heavy build-up of marine shells on beaches in…
Microsoft reports a 25% rise in its carbon emissions in FY2025 due to expanded data centre infrastructure supporting AI, highlighting the conflict between digital growth and sustainability goals. Microsoft’s latest sustainability filing has laid bare the carbon cost of its AI and cloud expansion, with the company reporting that total emissions rose 25% year on year in fiscal 2025 as it continued to build out data centre capacity. According to the report, the increase was driven chiefly by the growth of physical infrastructure needed to support artificial intelligence, alongside Microsoft’s decision to stop relying on “non-additional” unbundled renewable energy certificates.…
The European Commission’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act signals a strategic move towards stricter origin and carbon criteria, transforming supply chain decisions into market-access issues and reshaping industrial competitiveness across Europe. In Europe, the question for industrial supply chains is shifting from efficiency to eligibility. That change matters because a supplier can offer a competitive battery system, deliver on schedule and still find itself shut out of the region’s fastest-growing industrial markets if the inputs do not meet local origin or carbon criteria. According to a European Parliament briefing, the European Commission proposed the Industrial Accelerator Act on 4 March 2026…
Venture capital in climate technology surged by 55% in the first half of 2026, driven by a focus on data centres and clean power, while funding for fuels cooled amid policy delays. Climate tech venture capital climbed sharply in the first half of 2026, reaching $26.1 billion, according to CTVC’s latest investment and innovation report, a 55% increase on the same period a year earlier. The headline number, however, conceals a market that is becoming more concentrated, with a smaller number of much larger rounds doing most of the work. Low-carbon data centres were the standout theme. CTVC said they…
