TotalEnergies (Paris) has inaugurated its extension of the Synova recycled polypropylene production site in Normandy, France. TotalEnergies is therefore doubling its mechanical recycling production capacity for recycled polymers, to meet growing demand for sustainable polymers from customers, such as Automotive…
Air Liquide, TotalEnergies and VINCI, are combining forces with other large international companies to sponsor the creation of the world’s largest fund exclusively dedicated to clean hydrogen infrastructure solutions. The fund aims to reach 1.5 billion euros and has already…
BASF New Business GmbH (BNB) has successfully started up a system comprising four NAS battery containers, which have been integrated into the electricity grid at BASF’s Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. With this long-term project in Antwerp, the BASF team…
SK Innovation’s Ulsan Complex (Ulsan CLX) will be the first in South Korea to introduce pyrolysis oil as feedstock material for refinery/petrochemical processing. Aside from its innovative approach as a solution to waste plastics, what makes this advancement more striking…
ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) is acquiring BTB PET-Recycling GmbH & Co. KG, based in Bad Salzuflen, Germany. The company turns PET bottles into recycled material, which is then predominantly used for the production of new beverage bottles. Its bottle-to-bottle packaging…
Last month, Climeworks (Zurich, Switzerland; www.climeworks.com) started operations of Orca, said to be the world’s first and largest climate-positive direct air capture (DAC) and storage plant. Located in Hellisheiði, Iceland, the Orca plant has a capturing capacity of 4,000 ton/yr…
A feasibility study is underway for the world’s first commercial facility that integrates direct air capture (DAC) of atmospheric carbon dioxide with gas fermentation of CO2 and production of aviation fuels. LanzaTech (Chicago, Ill.; www.lanzatech.com) and Carbon Engineering (Squamish, B.C.;…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) signed an agreement to purchase high-pressure steam generated from natural gas. The agreement allows LyondellBasell to phase out coal from its power plant in Wesseling, Germany, by December 2023. …
McDermott International Inc. has joined AquaVentus, a growing consortium of more than 70 companies, organizations and research institutions collaborating toward green hydrogen energy production in the North Sea. AquaVentus unites international industry leaders with a shared vision for advancing hydrogen's…
Shell Oil Products US, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has successfully achieved startup and production of renewable natural gas (RNG) at its first US biomethane facility, Shell New Energies Junction City in Oregon. The facility utilizes locally sourced…