Fresh $45m fund to decarbonise natural gas power and industrial sectors using CCS

Projects will help advance point-source CCS technologies that can capture at least 95% of carbon emissions from facilities that produce commodities like cement and steel

France’s ENGIE inks renewable PPA in Spain

It will supply more than 400GWh of electricity annually to FORTIA, a company that manages the supply of energy for large industrial corporations

Global energy use projected to nearly double by 2050

Most of this will be focused in regions where strong economic growth is driving demand, particularly in Asia

Chemicals giant Linde buys 20% stake in UK hydrogen firm ITM Power

The two companies are also forming a new 50:50 joint venture to develop hydrogen power for major industrial projects

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US coal exports reach five-year high in 2018

They have risen since 2016 as international prices have made it more economic for US producers to sell the fuel source overseas

Government consults on creation of industrial energy efficiency fund

It is inviting views on the design of the £315 million Industrial Energy Transformation Fund

Up to £6m offered to boost business energy efficiency uptake

The government is inviting applications for a share of the funding under a new competition open until 8th May 2019

UK provides £2.7m to reduce industrial energy use

Seven projects have been chosen under the first phase of the £9.2m Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator

Heavy metal emissions plummet between 2010 and 2016

The European Environment Agency says just 18 out of 978 of facilities were responsible for more than half of the sector’s environmental pressures

New $102m fund to boost industrial energy efficiency in Vietnam

Industrial companies will be able to use the fund to buy energy efficient products to reduce their power use