Woodland Biofuels Inc. (Toronto, Ont., Canada) announced a planned $1.35-billion investment at the Port of South Louisiana to establish what is said to be the world's largest carbon-negative renewable natural-gas plant and ultra-green hydrogen facility. Phase 1 of this project…
As part of their strategic cooperation in providing new renewable alternatives to fossil-based products, Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) and International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF; New York) announced successful completion of a market-entry-scale industrial polymer plant. The unit is capable of…
AE Elemental, a joint venture of U.S.-based Ascend Elements (Westborough, Mass.) and Poland-based Elemental Strategic Metals, announced the grand opening of its first commercial-scale EV battery recycling facility. Located in Zawiercie, Poland, the newly constructed facility can process 12,000 metric…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced the development of a new technology that chemically recycles shavings and waste lenses generated from the production and processing of the company's MR-brand ophthalmic lens materials so that they may be repurposed into MR ophthalmic…
LyondellBasell (LYB; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that it signed a power purchase agreement with Eneco N.V. This agreement brings LYB’s total secured renewable electricity capacity to 100% of its renewable electricity procurement target. “Taking climate action is a key part…
UPM Biochemicals will be among the first customers to receive kraft lignin from Södra when the forest-owner association’s plant in Mönsterås comes on stream in 2027. Södra’s new plant will be the first commercial kraft lignin production facility in Sweden…
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC; Tokyo) announced that it joined the City of Yokohama, Maersk AS, Kokuka Sangyo Co., Ltd., Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Uyeno Transtech Ltd. and Yokohama Kawasaki International Port Corp. in a simulation of methanol bunkering,…
CarbonScape Ltd. (Riverlands, New Zealand) announces a significant leap forward in its journey towards commercialization by selecting the Sunila site in Finland, owned by Stora Enso Oyj (Helsinki, Finland; a co-owner of CarbonScape), as the location for its biographite demonstration…
SK Energy, a subsidiary of SK Innovation Co. (Seoul, South Korea), announced the completion of South Korea’s first dedicated Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production line. The new facility, which leverages advanced co-processing technology, is set to commence commercial production next…
Bp plc (London) and Iberdrola S.A. (Bilbao, Spain) have given the green light for construction of a 25-MW green hydrogen project at bp's Castellón refinery which is expected to be operational in second half of 2026. This is the first…