Recent developments
Bio-based feedstocks
Italy’s EnviTec Biogas began injecting 237 Nm³/h biomethane from Soncino, processing pig slurry and catch crops and adding gas upgrading capacity.
Perpetual Next USA will build three biomethanol plants in the U.S. Southeast from 2026, each designed for ~1 Mt/a biomass via torrefaction, gasification, and methanol synthesis; in the Netherlands, EemsGas secured €30m DEI+ for a demolition‑wood gasification unit targeting 18 million m³/y green gas.
Hydrogen deployment
The 2024 Innovation Fund Auction awarded €270.6m to six projects (381.25 MW electrolyzers), expected to deliver ~500 kt RFNBO hydrogen and cut ~3.4 Mt CO₂ over 10 years; bids ranged €0.33–€1.88/kg.
France’s first motorway hydrogen refuelling station for heavy goods vehicles began 1 t/day dispensing at 350/700 bar under an RFNBO supply contract.
Supply-chain players emphasized technology: thyssenkrupp is a leader in electrolysis plants for hydrogen production, and Topsoe aligned commercialization across HydroFlex, WSA, eREACT, and SynCOR under a new CCO.
Electrification and grids
Construction of a Rondo Heat Battery at Covestro's Brunsbüttel site (100 MWh) aims to supply ~10% of site steam and avoid up to 13,000 t/y CO₂.
Siemens’ Nanjing factory joined the Global Lighthouse Network after deploying digital twins and AI, reporting a 28% cut in direct and energy‑related emissions.
Grid and capacity readiness progressed: a CCGT unit qualified for the expanding System Services Market in Poland, and a public consultation advanced a cathode active material production plant project (39–43 kt/y).
Renewables and circularity
Corporate Knights Global 100 list placed Ørsted ninth; the company reports 99% renewable generation and >98% scope 1–2 intensity reduction versus 2006.
Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan completed 66 SG 14‑236 turbines (920 MW) using piling‑free suction bucket jacket foundations.
Japan piloted horizontal recycling of window glass waste into flat‑glass‑quality cullet to displace virgin material.
Standards and policy included Nobian’s EcoVadis Platinum rating, participation in the EU Critical Chemicals Alliance, and the Port of Rotterdam’s Carbonbid tendering process funding (€3.5m for 575,000 t CO₂e abatement over four years).
Gas and transitional fuel
A 20‑year 1 MTPA LNG offtake features electric drive motors for LNG production and MRV across the value chain.
ORLEN delivered over 245,000 tonnes of LNG by road tanker in 2025 to off‑grid and industrial consumers.
Refining energy systems evolved: a cogeneration plant on the Petromidia Năvodari platform started commercial operation supplying power and steam, and Stanlow installed a hydrogen‑ready furnace.
Upstream expansions included Coral North FLNG (3.6 MTPA, target 2028) and the Leviathan natural gas reservoir capacity increase toward ~21 bcm/y.