Germany, Austria and Luxembourg will provide up to €2.12bn through a joint eSAF funding scheme, using a double-sided auction to bridge the price gap between buyers and sellers of electricity-based aviation fuel. Germany, Austria and Luxembourg announced on 21 September a joint eSAF funding scheme worth up to €2.12 billion.…
Mesabi Metallics has announced an $18bn plan, including a $15bn Iowa steel complex that will pair hot direct-reduced iron with electric arc furnaces and use ore from its new Minnesota mine. Mesabi Metallics announced on 28 September an $18 billion investment to build a fully integrated steel company. The plan…
The Commission has published final terms for its second industrial heat auction, releasing €1 billion from EU Emissions Trading System revenues to cut fossil fuel use in process heat, with bidding expected from December. The European Commission published the final terms and conditions on 24 September for its second Europe-wide…
NSG Group has completed a float glass recycling trial at its Chiba Plant, reprocessing end-of-life laminated glass from a University of Tokyo building into new glass products. NSG Group has completed a float glass recycling trial at its Chiba Plant in Ichihara City, in what it calls horizontal recycling, feeding…
INEOS Energy has brought the Greensand offshore carbon storage site off Esbjerg into full operation, the European Union’s first full-scale facility, with capacity to store up to 8 million tonnes a year. INEOS Energy, with partners Harbour Energy and Denmark’s Nordsøfonden, has brought the Greensand offshore carbon storage site off…
Sanofi, UCB and Opella Healthcare have joined AstraZeneca as founding members of the Clean Heat Program, targeting industrial heat as the largest remaining source of pharmaceutical manufacturing emissions. Multinational pharmaceutical companies Sanofi, UCB and Opella Healthcare Group have joined AstraZeneca as founding members of the Clean Heat Program, an initiative…
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…
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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 accelerate commercial development of its low-carbon cement technology near Taber, Alberta. The round was led by Zacua Ventures, with Sandpiper Ventures, Vantage Futures, Amplify Capital, the University of Calgary’s UCEED fund, the Mount Rundle Club and Sebastian Becker also participating. Zacua’s Juan Nieto joins Cura’s board of directors. Cement is…
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 and 6.9 million tonnes a year of capacity across 570 projects, with 90% of that capacity under construction or already operational. The figures mark a maturing pipeline, with a growing share of projects moving past the announcement stage into construction and operation. Ammonia remains the dominant offtake for the pipeline,…
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 European Union says will protect steel, cement and chemicals producers from carbon leakage during a sensitive stretch of the transition. Ambassadors representing member states agreed on 16 September to release around 88 million allowances that had been set aside for free allocation to sectors covered by heat and fuel benchmarks…
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…
China’s CESTRI has opened a demonstration plant that turns coal fly ash into fly ash geopolymer concrete, a cement-free binder the institute says cuts emissions and costs against Portland cement. The CHN Energy Science and Technology Research Institute (CESTRI) has opened a demonstration base in China that converts coal fly…
Rohrdorfer has co-fired hydrogen on the clinker kiln at its Gmunden works in Austria, the first trial of its kind at an Austrian cement plant, though the producer says the fuel still costs far too much. Austrian cement producer Rohrdorfer has run the first large-scale hydrogen combustion test at an…
Holcim Germany has commissioned a membrane-based carbon capture demonstration at its Höver cement plant in Lower Saxony, capturing up to 10,000 tonnes a year and targeting 90% of site emissions after expansion. Holcim Germany has commissioned a membrane-based carbon dioxide capture demonstration plant at its Höver cement works in Lower…
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…
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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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Brazilian manufacturer Randoncorp strengthens its commitment to industrial decarbonisation by joining the WEF’s First Movers Coalition, integrating green aluminium into its supply chain and securing R$500 million sustainable financing to cut emissions and boost sustainability efforts. Leading Brazilian original equipment manufacturer Randoncorp has deepened its industrial decarbonisation credentials by joining the World Economic Forum’s First Movers Coalition, formalising its membership on 19 January during the WEF meeting in Davos. The company becomes only the second Brazilian member of the coalition for the aluminium sector, alongside Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA). Randoncorp already uses “green aluminium”, at rates above the 10…
Renewed momentum in FTA talks could significantly boost Indian exports in textiles, automotive, electronics, and pharma, with broad implications for trade dynamics and supply chains. India appears closer than ever to clinching a long‑pending free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union, a pact that market analysts say could meaningfully reshape export dynamics for a handful of Indian sectors even as politically sensitive items remain excluded. According to a report by Jefferies, renewed momentum in talks that began in 2007 and resumed in earnest from 2022 points to broad agreement on keeping agriculture and dairy largely outside the deal, while…
A new assessment by the Great Plains Institute highlights Texas’s potential to dominate the carbon capture and storage industry, projecting billions in investment and thousands of jobs through strategic policy moves and infrastructure expansion. Texas’s existing energy infrastructure, skilled workforce and policy tools position it to become the nation’s leading centre for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), a new assessment by the Great Plains Institute argues , and independent economic studies and industry analysis paint a consistent picture of large-scale investment and job creation if the state and federal incentives align. According to the Great Plains Institute, accelerated carbon…
Covestro’s new heat battery at its Brunsbüttel site exemplifies a pragmatic approach to reducing industrial CO2 emissions by storing surplus renewable electricity as high-temperature heat, signalling a potential shift in decarbonisation strategies for heavy industry. Covestro’s decision to install a 100 MWh “heat battery” from Rondo Energy at its Brunsbüttel chemical site crystallises a quietly powerful strategy for industrial decarbonisation: store low‑cost or surplus renewable electricity as high‑temperature heat in refractory bricks, then use that heat directly to generate steam on demand. According to Covestro, the unit is due to begin operations by the end of 2026 and will supply…
As AI infrastructure rapidly expands in the US, experts warn that without targeted policy measures, electricity demand and carbon emissions could soar, threatening climate goals amid regulatory and infrastructural challenges. The rapid build‑out of AI infrastructure threatens to reshape the US power system, driving large rises in electricity demand and carbon emissions unless policy changes steer deployment toward cleaner supply and greater efficiency. According to an analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists, US electricity consumption could rise 60–80% by 2050 under plausible growth scenarios, with data centres responsible for more than half of that increase by the end of…
A year after modernising its Uttendorf brickworks with an electric kiln, Wienerberger reports a 75% reduction in CO2 emissions, pioneering low-carbon brick production with potential for wider industry adoption. A year after Wienerberger commissioned a major modernisation at its Uttendorf brickworks in Upper Austria, the company and project partners report substantial cuts in the carbon intensity of backing-brick production and a demonstrable shift toward electrified, renewables‑based manufacturing. According to a report by zi-online, replacing the site’s gas kiln with an industrial electric kiln has improved the CO2 balance in production by 75 per cent, equating to an annual saving of…
A new report from Roland Berger at the World Economic Forum highlights signs of stabilisation in Europe’s competitiveness, driven by gains in human capital, sustainability, resilience and infrastructure, but warns that digitalisation remains a critical challenge. Davos , After years of decline, Europe’s competitive position shows early signs of stabilisation, driven by gains in human capital, sustainability, resilience and infrastructure, according to the “European Future Readiness Index” presented by Roland Berger at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The index, covering EU member states plus Norway, Switzerland and the UK over a 20‑year horizon, aggregates six sub‑indices , Humankapital, Nachhaltigkeit,…
Schneider Electric’s new Resource Advisor+ platform leverages AI to consolidate emissions data, supply chain sustainability, and climate risk management into a single, intelligent ecosystem, signalling a major advancement in corporate decarbonisation tools. Schneider Electric’s consulting arm, SE Advisory Services, has unveiled Resource Advisor+, an AI‑driven energy and sustainability intelligence platform designed to unite emissions and energy management, supply‑chain sustainability, climate risk and reporting within a single ecosystem. According to SE Advisory Services, the platform is intended to replace fragmented tools and siloed datasets with an “intelligent command centre” that unifies data and accelerates decision‑making for corporate decarbonisation programmes. The company…
Industry leaders and experts highlight the importance of transforming logistics and adopting comprehensive carbon assessment standards to meet ambitious housing and decarbonisation goals. Tom Harrison, group strategic accounts director at ports operator Peel Ports Group, warns that construction’s drive to cut carbon cannot remain confined to onsite measures alone. The sector’s upstream emissions , from material sourcing and movement , are an increasingly important battleground if the industry is to meet ambitious housing and net‑zero targets. The Environmental Audit Committee’s recent report challenges the familiar claim that environmental protections necessarily slow housing delivery and signals that whole‑life carbon must be…
A high-resolution satellite-based map reveals global solar and wind deployment patterns, highlighting untapped potential in high-irradiance regions and offering a strategic tool for accelerating industrial decarbonisation efforts. The Global Renewables Watch platform , a collaboration between The Nature Conservancy, Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab and satellite provider Planet , has produced the first high-resolution, temporal map of terrestrial solar and wind installations, offering industrial decarbonisation planners a new tool to visualise how solar capacity is spreading across landscapes. According to the dataset assembled by researchers led by Robinson, Ortiz and Kim, based on PlanetScope imagery from Q4 2017 to Q2…
