Clean industry

Chart: Heavy industry is the world’s biggest decarbonization challenge

The production of oil and gas, cement, steel, and other industrial products is enormously polluting. Decarbonizing these sectors will take a while.

By Dan McCarthy . 25 October 2024

Podcast

How will we power all those green factories?

The U.S. is set for an industrial surge thanks to clean energy incentives. Will we have enough renewables to power that industry?

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By Stephen Lacey . 26 min . 22 May 2023
Clean industry

An Alabama plant is now churning out low-carbon concrete

CarbonBuilt kicked off production with its novel tech, which it claims can reduce overall CO2 emissions from concrete-making by 70 to 100 percent.

By Maria Gallucci . 18 May 2023
Hydrogen

Go big or start small: Picking the right scale for green hydrogen

Startups Electric Hydrogen and Ohmium are both building gigawatt-scale factories. But the electrolyzers they’re making come in very different sizes.

By Jeff St. John . 4 May 2023
Hydrogen

The great 'green hydrogen' battle

Tens of billions in federal tax credits could build a vital low-carbon hydrogen industry — or increase carbon emissions. We tackle the complexities in a series.

By Jeff St. John . 28 March 2023
Clean industry

An Arizona plant will pull CO2 from the air and trap it in concrete

The first-of-its-kind initiative by CarbonBuilt, Aircapture and Block-Lite aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from concrete production by 70 percent.

By Maria Gallucci . 22 March 2023
Clean industry

DOE launches $6B program to slash emissions from heavy industry

The Biden administration announced it will help fund projects to clean up the production of steel, cement, aluminum and other hard-to-decarbonize sectors.

By Maria Gallucci . 9 March 2023
Clean industry

Green steel startup Boston Metal raises $120M for its fossil-free tech

The MIT spinout said its latest funding round, led by steel giant ArcelorMittal, will allow the company to build its first full-scale green steel plant.

By Maria Gallucci . 27 January 2023
Clean fleets

Ports need electric trucks. Forum Mobility has $400M to make it happen

The electric-trucking-as-a-service startup will build charging depots and make electric trucks available to freight haulers serving California's busiest ports.

By Jeff St. John . 17 January 2023
Podcast

Ammonia: The beer of decarbonization

Low-carbon ammonia could help to decarbonize big parts of the economy, including shipping, heavy industry and even thermal power plants.

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By Shayle Kann . 50 min . 5 January 2023
Podcast

Advance market commitments to decarbonize heavy industry

They brought us vaccines and rockets. Could advance market commitments bring us zero-carbon metals, aviation fuels and other heavy-industry products?

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By Shayle Kann . 50 min . 15 December 2022