(IN BRIEF) Repsol, in collaboration with Enagás Renovable, will invest over €300 million in a 100 MW electrolyzer at its Cartagena complex, marking the company’s first major electrolyzer project. Scheduled to begin operations in 2029, the facility will produce 15,000 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged 000 tonnes hydrogen, Cartagena electrolyzer, CO2 reduction, Enagás Renovable, energy transition, European Commission, European Commission backs Repsol and Enagás Renovable’s large-scale electrolyzer project in Cartagena, GREEN HYDROGEN, hydrogen production, hydrogen valley, IDAE, IPCEI, Region of Murcia, Renewable hydrogen, Renewable hydrogen hub in Murcia strengthened by Repsol’s first major electrolyzer investment, Repsol, Repsol approves construction of its first large-scale electrolyzer in Cartagena, Spain, Spanish government, Spanish Hydrogen Backbone, €300 million investment
(IN BRIEF) Volkswagen Group Charging’s Elli and more than 20 energy companies have released a Roland Berger study showing that decentralized energy technologies – such as EVs, solar systems, home batteries, and heat pumps – could save the German energy … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 1KOMMA5°, bidirectional charging, decentralized energy, Elli, Energy Independence, Enpal, EVs, Germany energy transition, Giovanni Palazzo, heat pumps, home storage, LichtBlick, New Energy Alliance, Octopus Energy, renewable energy, Roland Berger, smart meters, solar power, thermondo, Volkswagen Group Charging, Volkswagen Group Charging’s Elli and energy partners unveil study showing €255 billion savings potential from decentralized energy in Germany, Volkswagen Group Charging’s Elli and partners show decentralized energy could save Germany €255 billion by 2045, Volkswagen Group’s Elli pushes bidirectional charging as key to decentralized energy savings and independence in Germany, €255 billion savings
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has extended a €30 million sustainability-linked loan to Scandagra Group, backed by an InvestEU guarantee, to support the agribusiness company’s operations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The financing will fund … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Estonia, European Union, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Latvia, Lithuania, Management
Tagged Baltic States, biodiversity, climate-smart farming, Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab, Dataväxt, DLG, EBRD, EBRD and InvestEU support Scandagra with €30 million loan to scale precision farming in the Baltics, Estonia, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, InvestEU, Lantmännen, Latvia, Lithuania, nutrient efficiency, Precision Agriculture, Scandagra Group, Scandagra secures first sustainability-linked loan from EBRD to cut emissions and boost resource efficiency, sustainability-linked loan, €30 million EBRD financing to drive climate-smart agriculture and green innovation across Baltic farmland
(IN BRIEF) PATRIZIA has agreed to acquire Statkraft Varme, the district heating business of Statkraft AS, in a deal worth up to EUR 312 million. Statkraft Varme operates 13 plants in Norway and Sweden, supplying low-carbon heating to households, businesses, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Norway, Real Estate, Sweden, United Kingdom
Tagged circular economy, decarbonisation, district heating, Ecotermica Servizi, energy transition, Fredrik Naesse, Graham Matthews, Greenthesis, Henrik Sætness, Kinland, low-carbon energy, Norway, PATRIZIA, PATRIZIA acquires Statkraft Varme to expand district heating leadership in Norway and Sweden, PATRIZIA acquires Statkraft Varme to expand sustainable infrastructure footprint in the Nordics, Renergia, renewable heat, SAREN Energy, Statkraft, Statkraft Varme, Statkraft Varme acquisition strengthens PATRIZIA’s European circular economy portfolio, sustainable infrastructure, Sweden, Trondheim
(IN BRIEF) Energiekontor AG has sold the repowered Würselen wind park in North Rhine-Westphalia to SachsenEnergie NaturKraft GmbH, a subsidiary of Dresden-based SachsenEnergie AG. The project, located on a former coalfield, replaced three older 1.5 MW turbines with three Vestas … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged 500 homes, Aachen coalfield, clean energy transition, CO2 reduction, Energiekontor AG, Energiekontor sells repowered Würselen wind park to SachsenEnergie marking a new partnership in renewable energy, Energiekontor strengthens cooperation with SachsenEnergie through sale of 18 MW Würselen wind park, Frank Brinkmann, Germany, Jens-Patric Hirtz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Peter Szabo, renewable energy, repowering, Repowering milestone: Energiekontor and SachsenEnergie partner on Würselen wind park to supply over 12, SachsenEnergie, SachsenEnergie NaturKraft GmbH, Vestas V150, wind power, Würselen wind park
(IN BRIEF) Porsche AG and BASF SE, with partner BEST Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH, have shown that automotive shredder residue — once considered unrecyclable waste — can be turned into high-quality raw materials through chemical recycling. Using gasification, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged ASR, automotive shredder residue, Automotive waste once bound for incineration transformed into new components in Porsche and BASF project, BASF SE, BEST Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH, chemical recycling, circular economy, end-of-life vehicles, gasification, ISCC PLUS, polyurethane, Porsche advances sustainability goals as BASF recycling project turns automotive waste into new plastics, Porsche AG, Porsche and BASF give new life to end-of-life vehicle waste with chemical recycling breakthrough, Porsche and BASF push automotive recycling forward with new approach to waste once considered unusable, recycled plastics, REDcert², steering wheels, sustainability, synthesis gas
(IN BRIEF) ORLEN VC has invested in UK start-up OXCCU, which has developed innovative catalyst technology to produce synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) from green hydrogen and captured CO₂. The move supports ORLEN Group’s strategy to decarbonize aviation and comply … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Investment, Poland, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Aramco Ventures, Aviation Decarbonization, aviation fuels market, British Airways, carbon neutrality, CO2 capture, e-SAF, energy transition, Eni Next, Grzegorz Jóźwiak, hydrogen, International Airlines Group, Ireneusz Fąfara, New Partnership Between ORLEN VC and OXCCU Accelerates Aviation Decarbonization Pathways, ORLEN, ORLEN Expands SAF Leadership with Investment in UK Start-Up Developing Cost-Efficient e-SAF Production, ORLEN VC, ORLEN VC Invests in OXCCU to Advance Synthetic Aviation Fuel from Hydrogen and Captured CO₂, OXCCU, ReFuelEU Aviation regulation, SAF, Safran Corporate Ventures, Series B funding, sustainable aviation fuel, synthetic fuels, Trafigura, United Airlines Ventures, University of Oxford
(IN BRIEF) Empa will lead the ACHIEVE consortium, the winner of Switzerland’s SWEET funding program’s Net-Zero call, to address hard-to-abate CO₂ emissions in sectors such as industry and agriculture. The project brings together 14 partners from academia, business, and civil … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ACHIEVE consortium, agriculture, BAFU, Biomass, carbon capture, CCUS, circular economy, CLB Switzerland, CO2 emissions, decarbonization, Empa, Empa and Partners Secure CHF 30.6 Million SWEET Funding for Innovative Climate Solutions Targeting Hard-to-Abate Emissions, Empa to Lead ACHIEVE Consortium in Developing Scalable Solutions for Switzerland’s Hard-to-Abate CO₂ Emissions, energy transition, ETH Zurich, FOEN, Fourteen Partners Join Forces in Empa-Led ACHIEVE Consortium to Drive Switzerland’s Net-Zero Transition, HEIG-VD, INFRAS, Nathalie Casas, net zero, Paul Scherrer Institute, PSI, Risk Dialogue Foundation, SFOE, Storra Dynamics, SUPSI, SWEET program, Switzerland, TBF+Partner, University of Bern, University of Geneva, University of Neuchâtel, WSL
(IN BRIEF) Saint-Gobain has inaugurated its CertainTeed plasterboard plant in Sainte-Catherine, near Montreal, establishing the first zero-carbon (scope 1 and 2) plasterboard plant in North America and the largest worldwide to run entirely on electricity. Powered by renewable hydroelectricity, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Industrial, News
Tagged boosting capacity and cutting emissions, CANADA, carbon emissions reduction, CertainTeed, electrification, Fredrikstad Norway, green building materials, hydroelectricity, light construction, Mark Rayfield, Montréal, net zero 2050, North America, plasterboard plant, powered by renewable hydroelectricity, production capacity, Québec, renewable energy, Saint-Gobain, Saint-Gobain advances net zero strategy with hydro-powered plasterboard plant in Montreal region, Saint-Gobain expands sustainable operations in Canada with zero-carbon CertainTeed plasterboard facility, Saint-Gobain inaugurates first zero-carbon plasterboard plant in North America, Saint-Gobain opens first zero-carbon plasterboard plant in North America with renewable hydro power, Sainte Catherine, Sainte-Catherine plant becomes world’s largest fully electrified plasterboard site, sustainable construction, zero carbon
(IN BRIEF) Skanska has signed a NOK 750 million contract with Statsbygg to build a new 18,000-square-meter facility for NTNU in Trondheim. The six-story building will accommodate NTNU’s economics and innovation academic environment, offering modern workspaces, teaching areas, and specialist … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Norway, Sweden
Tagged 000 m² NTNU building to be constructed by Skanska with completion set for 2027, academic environment, campus development, construction project, December 2027, Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Economics, higher education, INNOVATION, New 18, NOK 750 million, Nordic order bookings, Norway, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, October 2025, SEK 710 million, Skanska, Skanska secures NOK 750 million contract to build new NTNU campus facility in Trondheim, Skanska to construct new NTNU university building in Trondheim under NOK 750 million agreement, Skanska to deliver modern campus building and bridge connection for NTNU in Trondheim, Skanska wins NOK 750 million contract to build NTNU’s new economics and innovation facility in Trondheim, Statsbygg, Trondheim, university building
(IN BRIEF) Exolum has launched the authorisation process to build a new €100 million bulk liquid storage terminal at the Outer Port of A Coruña, designed as a flexible and sustainable energy transition hub. The phased project will provide 165,000 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 000 m³ of fuels, 2029 operations, ammonia, biodiesel, bioethanol, biofuels, CO₂ and biofuels by 2029, cryogenic CO2, decarbonisation, energy transition terminal, Europe, Exolum, Exolum advances plans for a €100 million energy transition terminal at the Port of A Coruña, Exolum announces €100 million energy transition terminal at the Outer Port of A Coruña to boost sustainable logistics, Exolum invests in multimodal logistics hub in Galicia to strengthen Europe’s energy transition infrastructure, Galicia, green methanol, HVO, hydrocarbons, Iberian Peninsula, infrastructure investment, Jorge Guillén, logistics hub, multimodal logistics, New Exolum terminal in A Coruña set to handle 165, petroleum products, Port of A Coruña, Punta Langosteira, renewable energy, SAF, Spain, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) BASF will launch its new podcast SUBSTANCE in September, offering monthly English-language episodes on sustainability, science, and global challenges. Hosted by science communicator Joe Hanson, the first season includes eight episodes covering topics such as hydrogen, plastics, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Marketing, Media, News, Technology
Tagged and global science stories, Apple, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, BASF, BASF launches new digital podcast SUBSTANCE to spotlight sustainability, Be Smart, CO2-free hydrogen, Corporate Communications, Creating Chemistry, Deezer, digital communication, electrolyzer, golden hydrogen, hydrogen, Infinergy®, Infotainment, INNOVATION, Joe Hanson, Ludwigshafen, Nina Schwab-Hautzinger, Olivier Sissmann, podcast launch, science communication, Spotify, SUBSTANCE podcast, sustainability, Volker Ehret
(IN BRIEF) Chemetall, the Surface Treatment business of BASF Coatings, has once again received Airbus’ SQIP Award, marking its tenth consecutive recognition for outstanding quality and delivery performance. The award, presented in Toulouse, highlights Chemetall’s trusted role in supplying Airbus … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, News, Technology
Tagged aerospace maintenance, aerospace quality, aerospace supplier, Airbus, aircraft manufacturing, and delivery reliability, Ardrox, BASF Coatings, BASF Coatings’ Chemetall unit honored by Airbus for ten years of top supplier performance in aerospace industry, Chemetall, Chemetall achieves decade-long streak of Airbus SQIP Awards for quality, corrosion protection, Frank Naber, Guillaume Larrieu, INNOVATION, Naftoseal, sealants, SQIP Award, supply chain excellence, Toulouse
(IN BRIEF) Vitol has acquired a 30 percent stake in the Baleine offshore project in Côte d’Ivoire from Eni, joining Petroci in a partnership that underscores the project’s national and regional importance. Now structured as Eni 47.25 percent, Vitol 30 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Switzerland
Tagged Africa’s first net-zero development, Baleine project, Block 4 Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, energy security, Eni, gas production, net-zero development, OCTP project, offshore development, oil production, PetroCi, Phase 3 expansion, sustainability, upstream energy, Vitol, Vitol acquires 30 percent stake in Côte d’Ivoire’s Baleine offshore project, Vitol expands upstream presence with acquisition in Côte d’Ivoire’s flagship Baleine oil and gas project, West Africa
(IN BRIEF) LANXESS will present its expanded plastics portfolio at K 2025 in Düsseldorf, featuring flame retardants, plasticizers, stabilizers, and advanced pigment solutions. Key highlights include Levagard 2100, a next-generation reactive flame retardant for polyurethane foams, and Emerald Innovation 5000, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged automotive plastics, Bayplast Orange TP, carbodiimides, colorants, Colortherm, Düsseldorf, e-mobility, Emerald Innovation 5000, flame retardants, From flame retardants to color solutions LANXESS highlights innovations for plastics industry sustainability at Düsseldorf trade fair, high-performance plastics, hydrolysis stabilizers, K 2025, LANXESS, LANXESS presents sustainable polymer additives pigments and colorants for high-performance plastics at K 2025, Levagard 2100, Macrolex, Mesamoll, phthalate-free plasticizer, pigments, polymer additives, reduced carbon footprint, Stabaxol, sustainability, sustainable plastics
(IN BRIEF) SEB has published its latest Sustainable Finance Outlook, exploring innovative approaches to financing industrial decarbonisation and analysing the impact of shifting global policies. The report highlights the challenges companies face in hard-to-abate sectors, where technology costs vary and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, Financial, Investment, Management, Security & Safety, Sweden
Tagged American Chamber of Commerce in Sweden, carbon pricing, Cement, chemicals, CHINA, climate finance, corporate transformation, ESG, EU, Green Bonds, Gregor Vulturius, heavy industry, industrial decarbonisation, net zero, New SEB report highlights financing trends in heavy industry decarbonisation and risks from shifting U.S. energy policies, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, renewable energy, Samantha Arpas, SEB, SEB explores how sustainable finance is shaping industrial net-zero strategies amid global policy uncertainty, South Korea, STEEL, Sustainable Finance, Sustainable Finance Outlook, U.S. energy policy, venture capital
(IN BRIEF) Hydro’s Corridor program, launched in 2024, has welcomed three new partners – Belterra Agroflorestas, Mitsui & Co., and Mitsui Foundation – during New York Climate Week 2025. The initiative, co-led by Hydro, Mercedes-Benz, and NGOs such as IPAM … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Metals and Minerals, News, Norway, Society
Tagged and Mitsui Foundation join Hydro’s Corridor initiative to strengthen sustainable development across Pará, BCG, Belterra, Belterra Agroflorestas, biodiversity, bioeconomy, Brazilian Amazon, CEA, Corridor program, Forest restoration, Hydro, Hydro’s Corridor program welcomes new partners to boost sustainable development in the Brazilian Amazon, Imazon, indigenous communities, IPAM, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsui & Co., Mitsui Foundation, New York Climate Week 2025, Pará, Quilombola, Regenerative Agriculture, riverside communities, Social Progress, sustainable development
(IN BRIEF) SGS has reaffirmed its position as a leader in sustainability and ESG performance by achieving the highest AAA rating in MSCI ESG Ratings for the sixth consecutive year and securing a place in the FTSE4Good Index Series for … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Environment, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged AAA rating, corporate governance, corporate sustainability, environmental leadership, ESG, FTSE Russell, FTSE4Good Index, investor confidence, MSCI ESG Ratings, SGS, SGS earns continued recognition as a global ESG and sustainability leader, SGS recognised for sixth consecutive year with MSCI’s highest ESG rating and eighth year in FTSE4Good Index, SGS strengthens its sustainability profile with continued recognition in MSCI ESG Ratings and FTSE4Good Index, social responsibility, sustainability, sustainable investment
(IN BRIEF) Fullstride Ventures has introduced the carboncup™, the first bra cup made with a sustainable foam derived from captured carbon dioxide emissions. Developed in partnership with Borealis and Infinium, the innovation uses Infinium’s eNaphtha—a low-carbon feedstock produced from CO₂ … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Austria, Chemicals, Environment, Industrial, Management, Marketing
Tagged Borealis, bra cup innovation, carbon capture, carboncup, circular economy, CO2-based foam, Dirk Langhammer, eNaphtha, Fullstride Ventures, Fullstride Ventures unveils carboncup™, Infinium, intimate apparel, ISCC PLUS, K Show 2025, low carbon materials, New carboncup™ bra cup showcases circular innovation as CO₂-derived material enters apparel market, polyethylene, Project Pathfinder, Robert Schuetzle, sustainable fashion, sustainable polymers, textile innovation, the first bra cup made with CO₂-based foam in collaboration with Borealis and Infinium, Yossi Nasser
(IN BRIEF) The Lindner Group has expanded its Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), adding new verifications for partition and cleanroom systems, updated declarations for raised floor and LIGNA wood-based products, and the first EPD for its LinCrete glass fibre concrete. Verified … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Technology
Tagged BREEAM, circular design, cleanroom systems, CLVT, CO2 savings, CPH, DGNB, environmental product declarations, EPD, FLOOR and more, glass fibre reinforced concrete, glazed partitions, IBU eV, LEED, life cycle assessment, LIGNA, LinCrete, Lindner expands sustainability transparency with updated and newly verified EPDs across multiple product lines, Lindner Group, Lindner Life Contour 126, Lindner Life Freeze 137, Lindner Life Stereo 125, LOOP aurum, LOOP prime, Multiclean LVT, New Environmental Product Declarations highlight Lindner’s focus on recyclable design and sustainable construction practices, raised floor systems, recyclable materials, sustainable construction
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