• Policy

        • Australia

        • 2022

        Minerals Security Partnership

        …their geological endowments." Specifically, the MSP focuses on critical minerals that are inputs for electric vehicles and advanced batteries.Participating countries pursue investment in mining, processing and recycling development that maintains high environmental and social governance standards. The creation of this partnership is a response to the increasing demand of critical minerals and their tight supply chain. Australia, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union have joined the MSP. Objectives of the MSP include:Strengthened information sharing between partner countriesIncreased investment in secure critical minerals supply chainsDeveloped recycling technologies

        • Policy

        • Canada

        • 2022

        Minerals Security Partnership

        …of their geological endowments." Specifically, the MSP focuses on critical minerals that are inputs for electric vehicles and advanced batteries.Participating countries pursue investment in mining, processing and recycling development that maintains high environmental and social governance standards. The creation of this partnership is a response to the increasing demand of critical minerals and their tight supply chain. Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union have joined the MSP. Objectives of the MSP include:Strengthened information sharing between partner countriesIncreased investment in secure critical minerals supply chainsDeveloped recycling technologies

        • Policy

        • European Union

        • 2024

        Recognized certification schemes from RFNBO

        Voluntary and national certification schemes ensure compliance with EU sustainability rules for biofuels, bioliquids, biomass fuels, and renewable hydrogen (RFNBOs). The European Commission adopted delegated acts on renewable electricity sourcing and emission savings methodology.

        By May 2025, three voluntary schemes were approved: CertifHy, RedCert, and ISCC EU.

        In April 2025, ISCC EU was used by DEKRA to certify:

        Trailblazer project (Air Liquide, Germany)
        Synthetic methanol plant (Kasso, Denmark)
        Chlor-alkali plant (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

        • Policy

        • European Union

        • 2024

        Second auction of European Hydrogen Bank (EHB)

        EUR 1.2 billion total, with EUR 200 million for maritime. Max EUR 250 million per project, €4/kg ceiling, 10-year subsidy. Only price is considered. Limits: 25% Chinese stacks, 2.5 years to financial close, 5 years to operation.

        Final results:

        EUR 992 million to 15 projects, 2.3 GW, 220 ktpa average
        Bid prices: €0.2–0.6/kg
        12 general (8 Spain, 2 Germany, 1 Finland, 1 Netherlands)
        3 shipping (all Norway)
        Grants signed by Oct 2025

        • Policy

        • Denmark

        • 2021

        Energy Island funding

        Denmark plans to build two world-first "energy islands" with a minimum capacity of 4 GW to convert low-carbon electricity into green hydrogen and synthetic fuels, supporting its 2050 carbon neutrality goal. One of the islands, located in the North Sea, will be co-owned by the government and private partners, with strategic collaborations involving Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg. A 3 GW offshore wind island near Jutland, expandable to 10 GW, has also been approved with a total investment of DKK 210 billion (€28 billion).

        • Policy

        • Japan

        • 2024

        International Demonstration Project on Japan's Technologies for Decarbonisation and Energy Transition

        The International Demonstration Project on Japan’s Technologies for Decarbonisation and Energy Transition, which was launched in 1993 and had a budget equivalent to USD 30 million in 2024 aims to support innovators seeking to demonstrate their technologies abroad. Since 2023, it has supported a hydrogen-fired gas turbine demonstration in Germany.

        • Policy

        • European Union

        • 2015

        EIB Venture Debt

        …large payment for the entire principal amount at the end of the loan term, rather than making periodic payments of principal over the life of the loan) and remuneration linked to the equity risk of the investees, and complements existing venture capital financing.

        In 2024, the EIB provided venture debt to Germany-based INERATEC for a synthetic fuel plant, to US-headquartered Rondo Energy for power-to-heat storage projects in Europe, to US battery material developer Graphenix Development (GDI) for a silicon anode demonstration plant in Germany, and to German company Sunfire for the development of solid oxide electrolysers.

        • Policy

        • Australia

        • 2024

        Export credit agency backing sustainable infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific and critical minerals projects

        Australia’s Export Credit Agency (Export Finance Australia) is mandated to provide financing to support sustainable infrastructure projects in the Indo-Pacific region across a range of sectors, including energy, electrification, and transportation. The agency is also tasked with supporting critical minerals projects and related infrastructure.

        In 2024, the agency announced USD 533 million in debt financing to Arafura for a first-of-a-kind rare earths processing facility in Australia, and this helped unlock direct lending and untied loan guarantees from export credit agencies in Canada, Germany and Korea.

        • Policy

        • Mexico

        • 2015

        National Programme for Energy Management Systems

        …implementation of energy management systems (EMSs), establishing technical and management measures to raise competitiveness.In order to achieve this objective, CONUEE has taken the initiative to coordinate the support offered by the following international cooperation agencies/bodies: the German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ), the Danish Energy Agency, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America (CEC), the US Department of Energy (USDOE), the Ministry of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), and the National Metrology Institute of Germany (PTB).The programme, initially designed for large energy users, has expanded to include small and medium-sized…

        • Policy

        • European Union

        • 2025

        Strategic Projects of the CRMA

        …green and digital transitions.Strengthen the EU's defence and aerospace industriesThe scope and coverage of the selected strategic projects span across 13 EU Member States, including Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Estonia, Czechia, Greece, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Poland, and Romania. These projects cover 14 raw materials: Lithium (battery grade)Nickel (battery grade)CobaltManganese (battery grade)Graphite (battery grade)MagnesiumTungstenPlatinum group metalsCopperBauxite/Alumina/AluminiumGalliumRare earth elements for magnetsBoron (metallurgy grade)GermaniumThe types of projects include extraction, processing, recycling and substitution of raw materials. The implementation timeline for these projects begins on 25 March 2025, with an expected completion by 2030…

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