UK Funds Four SAF Producers $225,000 to Advance Testing and Certification
UK transport ministry funds next-stage testing and certification for four SAF innovators Policy aims to build domestic SAF production capacity and accelerate commercial adoption Regulatory and investor confidence seen as bottlenecks to scaling low-carbon aviation fuels The UK has awarded £181,000 in government funding (about $225,000) to four sustainable aviation fuel innovators to accelerate testing, […]
EU Clears Spain’s $3.4 Billion High Efficiency Power Aid Scheme To Advance 2030 Climate Targets
• European Commission approves a 3.1 billion euro ($3.4 billion) Spanish aid program for high efficiency CHP plants• Ten-year scheme ties natural gas to renewable hydrogen readiness and biomass based fuels• Governance lever to align Spain’s power system with EU 55 percent emissions cut by 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050 Spain secured EU approval […]
Holcim Invests in Capsol to Scale Carbon Capture for Near-Zero Cement
Deal expands access to hot potassium carbonate (HPC) carbon capture for industrial decarbonization Part of Holcim’s strategy to commercialize near-zero cement at scale Investment reflects venture-led innovation across hard-to-abate sectors Holcim has taken a strategic stake in Capsol Technologies, a Norwegian developer of post-combustion carbon capture solutions, in a move that places industrial carbon removal […]
US Exits Paris Agreement Again, Leaving Global Climate Governance Without Its Largest Economy
US becomes the only nation to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, departing from UN climate governance frameworks. Exit complicates global diplomacy, climate finance, and long-range decarbonization efforts tied to COP processes. Domestic US shifts toward fossil expansion risk slowing international ambition and delaying clean energy transitions. The United States has formally exited the Paris Agreement […]
Ford Appoints Lisa Drake to Lead New Ford Energy Storage Business
Establishes new business unit focused on utility scale battery energy storage for grid stability and large energy users Taps domestic manufacturing and supply chain capabilities as US competition for battery capacity accelerates Deepens Ford’s strategic exposure to power markets and industrial decarbonization sectors Ford Motor Company has appointed Lisa Drake as president of Ford Energy […]
