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Concrete: 8% of global emissions and rising. Which innovations can achieve net zero by 2050?

January 24, 2023 by Ben Skinner and Radhika Lalit

Concrete manufacture is responsible for 8% of global carbon emissions, with the ingredient “clinker” accounting for most of it. Global demand for cement (which hardens into concrete) is expected to increase 48% from 4.2bn to 6.2bn tons by 2050, mainly driven by developing nations. China used more concrete between 2011 and 2013 than the United States did in the entire 20th century. Ben Skinner and Radhika Lalit at RMI look at the materials and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry Tagged With: Africa, cement, China, clinker, concrete, ECOPlanet, emissions, FreedomTower, India, LC3, Portland, SCMs, ShanghaiTower

EU ETS and CBAM: what the big update to emissions trading rules means for Europe’s key sectors

January 16, 2023 by Simon Göss

The EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme is a vital part of the region’s decarbonisation plans. Simon Göss at carboneer digs into the new rules coming in for the existing EU ETS, and the implementation of the new carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM). Right now, the existing EU ETS covers around 40% of the EU’s emissions (energy sector, industrial installations and aviation). Its scope is being extended to include maritime transport. On top of that, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry, Policies Tagged With: aluminium, aviation, CBAM, cement, chemicals, electricity, emissions, Energy, ETS, EU, EUA, EUETS, fertilisers, hydrogen, industry, iron, maritime, polymers, steel, transport

Corporate targets are forcing suppliers to cut emissions or relocate to clean energy nations

December 20, 2022 by Kwangyin Liu

Emissions targets being imposed by corporates in the U.S. and Europe are forcing manufacturers in other parts of the world to decarbonise, writes Kwangyin Liu at Clean Energy Wire. Here, she looks at how Taiwan’s TSMC – the world’s third largest chip manufacturer – is having to set up factories in Arizona (U.S.) and Kumamoto (Japan) where emissions are lower and thus to comply with requirements set by customers like Apple, Google and Microsoft. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry, Renewables Tagged With: Apple, emissions, Germany, google, Intel, Japan, manufacturing, Microsoft, renewables, Samsung, semiconductors, sustainability, Taiwan, TSMC, US

European green steel makers are securing funding – and big customers – for production plants

November 28, 2022 by Soroush Basirat

European steel makers are leading the way in building the first green steel production plants. The big step forward is the securing of finance from a range of private and public banks and credit guarantors, says Soroush Basirat at IEEFA. Swedish start-up H2 Green Steel and industry leaders Thyssenkrupp and Salzgitter are now set to spend billions, while pre-sales to and commitments from BMW, Miele, Mercedes and Ford are helping to create the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry Tagged With: banks, BMW, credit, EU, Europe, finance, Ford, green, H2GreenSteel, hydrogen, industry, Mercedes, Miele, Saltzgitter, steel, Thyssenkrupp

Project Air: building a first-of-a-kind, large-scale sustainable methanol plant for the chemicals industry

July 5, 2022 by Project Air

Project Air is creating a first-of-a-kind, large-scale sustainable methanol plant. It uses CCU for converting CO2, residue streams, green hydrogen and biomethane into methanol. It’s a collaboration between specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp (Sweden) and energy firms Fortum (Finland) and Uniper (Germany). Perstorp aims to be the first chemical producer to replace all fossil-based methanol for its European production facilities (200,000 tons … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry Tagged With: biomethane, CarbonPrice, CBAM, CCU, chemicals, ETS, EU, FitFor55, Fortum, hydrogen, innovation, methanol, Perstorp, REDIII, REPowerEU, Uniper

Biologically produced Ethylene for plastics can become a carbon capture leader

May 25, 2022 by Connor O'Neil

Ethylene is a key component of the world’s vast appetite for plastics. But it’s normally made using fossils as a feedstock, and is energy-intensive to produce. So the chemicals industry has long sought a way to biologically manufacture ethylene. It would be a double-win for clean energy: it would capture CO2 and displace the fossil-based feedstocks. Connor O’Neil at NREL describes new research that makes ethylene in a “one-step” process fuelled … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Carbon Capture, Energy, Industry Tagged With: CCS, CCUS, CDR, chemicals, CO2, ethylene, feedstocks, industry, oil, photosynthesis, plastics

Biomass for industrial heat

March 10, 2022 by IEA

On Thursday 17th March at 12.30CET our latest Energy Post panel, “Unlocking the potential of bioenergy” boasts representatives from two of the most challenging areas for decarbonisation: the cement and aviation industries. Taking part are  Winston Beck, Head of Government Affairs at HeidelbergCement and Laurent Donceel, Senior Policy Director at Airlines for Europe. They will be joined by Thomas Meth, Chief Commercial Officer at Enviva (event … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biofuels, Energy, Industry Tagged With: bioenergy, CCS, CCUS, electrification, event, hydrogen

Industry’s large on-site batteries can profitably help stabilise the grid

November 24, 2021 by NREL

Energy-intensive industries that invest in their own large on-site batteries will provide multiple benefits to themselves as well as to grid stability, says a new study by the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy (JISEA) in partnership with NREL and others. It matters because future power systems will need to be highly flexible due to the variability of wind and solar. The study assessed two established energy-intensive industries (chlor-alkali … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Grids, Industry Tagged With: batteries, congestion, costs, flexibility, grids, industry, ramping, solar, stability, storage, wind

Aviation, Steel, Shipping CEOs ask COP26 to back their decarbonisation pathways

October 21, 2021 by John Matson

The seven “hardest to abate” industries together account for 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. They are aviation, steel, shipping, cement, aluminium, trucking and chemicals. John Matson at RMI explains how a growing number of sector-leading corporates in aviation, steel and shipping are now openly backing net-zero pathways. He quotes CEOs and top executives (ArcelorMittal, United Airlines, Trafigura) on what they say they are determined to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry Tagged With: Airbus, aluminium, ArcelorMittal, aviation, CarbonBorderAdjustment, CarbonPrice, cement, chemicals, COP26, decarbonisation, Delta, electrification, emissions, fuels, investment, KLM, Maersk, shipping, steel, Trafigura, trucking, United Airlines, VirginAtlantic

CBAM needs universal adoption of methods for measuring carbon intensity

August 31, 2021 by Dolf Gielen, Massamba Thioye and Francisco Boshell

Europe needs to account for the emissions of imported goods. That cannot happen without the international agreement on standards and certification systems for the carbon intensity of all steps in the value chain for all relevant products. Dolf Gielen and Francisco Boshell at IRENA and Massamba Thioye at the UNFCCC explain that several such systems exist around the world, but they need to be harmonised and widely adopted to truly reflect what is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry, Policies Tagged With: aluminium, CBAM, cement, certification, chemicals, EC, emissions, EU, industry, iron, petrochemicals, PPAs, standards, steel

Cement: replacing limestone with volcanic rock could slash energy use, and emissions by two-thirds

June 30, 2021 by Josie Garthwaite

Cement production accounts for 8% of global emissions, and it will rise as nations get richer and build more. It’s mainly because of the energy needed for the high heat process, and the carbon released from the limestone used. It’s one of the leading hard-to-abate sectors, and coming up with an alternative process and cement recipe is firmly on the industry’s agenda. Josie Garthwaite at Stanford University summarises a study that aims to replace … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry Tagged With: cement, emissions, industry, innovation, limestone, nanoscale, temperature, volcanic

EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism lacks the detail to drive industry’s relocation near clean energy

June 15, 2021 by Dolf Gielen, Paul Durrant, Barbara Jinks and Francisco Boshell

High emissions industries should be relocated to where the cheap clean energy is. So long as the shipping costs (in terms of price and emissions) aren’t prohibitively high, those locations can be anywhere in the world. To get the calculations right, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (accounting for the emissions of imported goods) must be harmonised internationally. They must also – crucially – count all relevant emissions. But the EU’s draft … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry, Renewables Tagged With: aluminium, ammonia, CarbonPrice, CBAM, cement, emissions, EU, hydrogen, industry, iron, methane, relocation, steel

Energy efficiency is the “first fuel”, making decarbonisation easier for all other sectors

March 31, 2021 by Alyssa Fischer

To set up our upcoming online event “China: Carbon Neutral by 2060 -EFFICIENCY FIRST” we look at the profound importance of efficiency to the global energy transition. Energy efficiency is the “first fuel”, meaning success here will make the decarbonisation of all the other sectors and technologies easier, faster and cheaper. Basically, use and waste less energy. Alyssa Fischer at the IEA starts by noting that their Sustainable Development … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Energy, Industry Tagged With: behaviour, buildings, Digitalisation, efficiency, heating, HVAC, industry, jobs, SDS, transport

Industrial Clusters: the logic of co-location now has a new driver, net-zero emissions

February 24, 2021 by Louise Anderson and Melissa Stark

Industrial clusters locate plants and factories in one area to share resources, problems and solutions. They already have a long history of collaboration. But the logic of co-location now has a new driver: net-zero emissions. The sectors can range from heavy industry (e.g. steel and cement) to light (food, paper, etc.) The challenge is to make the most of new clean technologies and processes, and at the same time maintain or increase … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry Tagged With: cement, China, Food, industry, jobs, Netherlands, paper, steel, UK

Decarbonising Industry is key to China’s net-zero strategy

January 20, 2021 by Dolf Gielen, Yong Chen and Paul Durrant

China has committed to a CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060. It’s 14th 5-year plan will be released in March, followed by sector-oriented plans. For the first time it will include a dedicated plan addressing climate change. Dolf Gielen, Yong Chen and Paul Durrant at IRENA start by laying out China’s energy mix for scrutiny, then dive into its industrial sector which accounts for 60% of gross final energy use. Success … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry Tagged With: ammonia, CCS, cement, chemicals, China, coal, gas, hydrogen, industry, methanol, renewables, steel, synfuels

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