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Neste and Marathon establish JV for production of renewable fuels

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) signed definitive agreements for the establishment of a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with Marathon Petroleum Corp. (Findlay, Ohio). The joint venture will produce renewable diesel following a conversion project of Marathon's refinery in Martinez, California (the…

Siemens Energy to provide electrolyzers for world’s first large-scale eMethanol project

Siemens Energy (Munich, Germany) secured an order from European Energy for the delivery of an electrolyzer plant. The Danish developer and operator of green energy projects is developing the world's first large-scale commercial e-Methanol production facility with the hydrogen being…

Brightmark to build advanced plastics renewal facility in Australia

Brightmark LLC (San Francisco, Calif.) announced plans to construct an advanced plastics renewal facility for the Parkes Special Activation Precinct in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Brightmark is also exploring the construction of circular plastics plants in Europe (in partnership…

KBR to support Shell’s hydrogen liquefaction developments

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide professional services to Shell Global Solutions International B.V. for hydrogen liquefaction development.  KBR will provide technical solutions as part of concept studies to advance technology for large…

ExxonMobil planning hydrogen production, carbon capture and storage at Baytown complex

ExxonMobil Corp. (Houston) said that it is planning a hydrogen production plant and one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage projects at its integrated refining and petrochemical site at Baytown, Texas, supporting efforts to reduce emissions from company…

Honeywell joins Oriental Energy to build large SAF plant in China

Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) and Oriental Energy Company Ltd. jointly announced that a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility with an annual output capacity of 1 million tons will be built in Maoming, Guangdong Province in China. The new…

Gevo and hte investigating proprietary isobutanol dehydration technology

hte GmbH – the high throughput experimentation company (Heidelberg, Germany) was selected last year by Gevo Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) to advance their understanding of the catalytic dehydration of biogenic isobutanol to form isobutylene. This is a key step in the chemical…

This heat battery is a decarbonized, ‘drop-in’ replacement for industrial boilers

As the cost of renewable energy decreases, many organizations are looking to electrify their operations to reduce carbon emissions. One promising area for decarbonization is industrial heating, which accounts for a large fraction of global emissions. However, heating networks in…

Solar clinker produced for the first time

Last month, Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (Cemex; Monterrey, Mexico; www.cemex.com) and Synhelion SA (Lugano, Switzerland; www.synhelion.com) successfully connected the clinker production process with the Synhelion solar receiver to produce solar clinker. The milestone is a first step towards fully solar-driven…

Chevron to acquire Renewable Energy Group for $3.15 billion

Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.) and Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (REG; Ames, Iowa) announced a definitive agreement under which Chevron will acquire the outstanding shares of REG in an all-cash transaction valued at $3.15 billion, or $61.50 per share. The…