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Amyris begins commissioning new fermentation plant in Brazil

Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.) announced that it has started the commissioning of its new fermentation plant in Barra Bonita, Brazil. The greenfield site at Barra Bonita is a strategic investment with which Amyris leads the biotechnology sector with manufacturing at…

Technip Energies and Clariant sign collaboration agreement for cellulosic ethanol process

Technip Energies (Paris) and Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced that they have signed a cooperation agreement for the implementation of Clariant’s sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology. By choosing Technip Energies, sunliquid customers can benefit from combining Clariant’s proven technology with Technip…

Encina to build advanced recycling plant in Pennsylvania

Encina Development Group (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced plans to invest $1.1 billion to build a new manufacturing facility in Point Township, Pennsylvania that would create 300 new full-time jobs. This proposed state-of-the-art facility, named The Point Township Circular Manufacturing Facility,…

Jacobs awarded contract from Singapore’s National Water Agency for decarbonization of water-treatment processes

Jacobs (Dallas, Tex.) was appointed by PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency, to provide professional engineering services for the development of the new greasy waste (GWTF) and food waste treatment facilities (FWTF) to maximize energy and resource recovery at the Changi…

Compact Membrane Systems and Braskem start up demonstration plant for membrane-enabled paraffin separations

Compact Membrane Systems, Inc. (CMS; Newport, Del.), a pioneer in membrane systems for energy transition applications and Braskem S.A. (Philadelphia, Pa.) announced that the long-awaited pilot demonstration of CMS's Optiperm technology for light olefin paraffin separation has started up at…

Bloom Energy deploys solid-oxide electrolyzer technology in South Korea

Bloom Energy (San Jose, Calif.) announced the first international deployment of its high temperature solid-oxide electrolyzer. The successful 130 kilowatt (kW) installation in Gumi, South Korea, further propels Bloom Energy’s efforts to enable a hydrogen-fueled economy following the commercial launch…

Veolia launches carbon-neutral bio-methanol project at Metsä Fibre pulp mill

Veolia (Paris) has launched the world's largest biorefinery project producing CO2-neutral bio-methanol from a pulp mill, located in Finland. The project allows to unlock the potential of this alternative source of feedstock for biofuel that is almost completely unexplored to…

Worley awarded FEED contract for Trinseo’s new polystyrene recycling plant in Belgium

Worley (North Sydney, Australia) announced that it has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) services contract by Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) for its first-of-a-kind chemical recycling plant in Belgium. Trinseo is a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics…

Wood unveils new low-emissions steam-methane reforming technology

Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has unveiled its new steam methane reforming (SMR) technology, which can achieve 95% CO2 emissions reduction, compared to a traditional hydrogen production plant. The technology aims to counter inefficiencies in energy, heat production and industrial processes,…

Multinational partnership aims to establish first green e-methanol plant in Southeast Asia

Six leading companies have formed a partnership that aims to establish Asia’s first green e-methanol plant which converts captured biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) into green e-methanol, a low carbon fuel, that could enable a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.…