Sustainability
Demeter Energy advances biomethanol and carbon capture facility in Florida
Demeter Energy (Naples, Fla.) announced continued advancement of development activities for a commercial-scale biomethanol production and carbon capture facility in Manatee County, Florida. The project is designed to convert sustainably sourced biomass into approximately 100,000 metric tons of low-carbon biomethanol…
Praj and Gevo enter development and commercialization agreement for bio-isobutanol in India
Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India) and Gevo, Inc.(Englewood, Colo.) announced the signing of a Development & Commercialization Agreement for Bio-Isobutanol (Bio-IBA) technology in India, reinforcing their long-standing association to advance sustainable low-carbon fuel solutions. Under the agreement, Praj will lead…
P2H2 starts commercial hydrogen production at Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Power to Hydrogen Inc. (P2H2, Columbus, Ohio), a developer of anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzer systems, began commercial green hydrogen production at the NextGen District of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. The 500 kW system, built from two 250 kW stacks…
INEOS opens E.U.’s first full-scale CO2-storage site in Denmark
INEOS Ltd. (London) announced the opening of the first full-scale facility for the permanent storage of CO₂ in the E.U. The opening takes place at a ceremony at the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark marking Greensand’s move into commercial operation.…
Multinational firms join initiative to decarbonize industrial heating across pharma supply chains
Multinational pharmaceutical companies Sanofi S.A. (Paris, France), UCB S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Opella Healthcare Group S.A.S. (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) have joined AstraZeneca plc (Cambridge, UK) as founding members of the Clean Heat Program, an initiative from supply chain intelligence network Secaro…
Ansaldo Green Tech completes large-volume production line for AEM electrolyzers
Ansaldo Green Tech S.p.A. (Genoa, Italy) has completed its new high-volume production line for AEM (anion exchange membrane) electrolyzer stacks at its Genoa facility. With a production capacity exceeding 300 MW per year, the plant marks a significant step in…
Japanese project achieves 85% ammonia co-firing in naphtha-cracking furnace
NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization; Kanagawa, Japan), Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo), Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo), Toyo Engineering Corp. (Chiba City, Japan) and Sojitz Machinery Corp. (Tokyo) have achieved an ammonia co-firing rate of 85% on a…
Covestro opens pilot plant for chemical recycling of elastomers
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has opened a new pilot plant for the chemical recycling of high-performance elastomers at its Leverkusen site. The double-digit million-euro project moves a novel recycling process for Vulkollan® from laboratory development into pilot operation. As one…
Emerson wins automation contract for Europe’s first dedicated SAF plant
Emerson Electric Co. (St. Louis, Mo.) has been awarded a contract by Technip Energies N.V. (Nanterre, France) to provide automation technologies for the SkyNRG B.V. (Amsterdam, Netherlands) sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant — the first dedicated greenfield SAF production facility…
Wison Engineering and Axens collaborating on e-SAF project development
Wison Engineering Ltd. (Shanghai, China) and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore collaboration opportunities on selected e-SAF projects (sustainable aviation fuel, based on Fischer-Tropsch pathway). Through this framework, the two companies will jointly assess practical…