Insights
Industry, energy and waste
Practical notes on how sustainable industrial projects in Europe are financed, engineered and paid for.
4 Feb 2026 · 6 min
Industrial battery storage (BESS) on a factory site: when it earns its place
What determines whether behind-the-meter battery storage makes sense at an industrial plant: load profile, tariff structure, peak charges and grid connection limits.
28 Jan 2026 · 6 min
The industrial waste stream you pay to remove may be a product
How to assess whether a by-product, off-spec material or residual stream can carry a real processing project, and the volume and logistics tests that decide it.
20 Jan 2026 · 7 min
Plasterboard made with renewable energy: where the cost per m² actually moves
Drying dominates the energy bill of a plasterboard plant. A breakdown of which interventions change cost per square metre and which only change the emissions report.
12 Jan 2026 · 6 min
How to decarbonise an industrial plant without upfront capital
Why industrial decarbonisation projects stall at the capital stage, and the three contract structures that let a plant be transformed without paying for the equipment first.