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Toyo and SCG Chemicals exploring scaleup of advanced plastics-recycling process

Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) and SCG Chemicals Co. (Bangkok, Thailand) entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) are jointly collaborating to further develop the advanced recycling process owned by Circular Plas (CirPlas), in which SCG Chemicals holds a 60% stake,…

Genomatica and Covestro produce first volumes of bio-based HMDA

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) and Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.) announced an industry milestone to advance sustainability resulting from their partnership. The two companies have teamed to be the first to successfully produce significant volumes of a plant-based version of the chemical raw…

Veolia Carbon Clean JV launches carbon-capture project with Tata Steel

Veolia Carbon Clean — a joint venture between Carbon Clean (London) and Veolia (Paris, France) — is celebrating its first project milestone and revealing a new corporate identity. The joint venture is committed to reducing industrial carbon dioxide emissions and…

Schneider Electric acquires AI-powered climate-tech platform Zeigo

Schneider Electric  announced that it has acquired start-up climate-tech platform Zeigo to enhance the company’s digital capabilities in energy, sustainability, and environmental commodity consulting. The acquisition will complement Schneider Electric’s portfolio of clean energy services and solutions and advance the…

Woodside and KBR to launch FEED work for green hydrogen project in Oklahoma

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded an engineering services contract by Woodside Energy (USA) Inc. for its proposed H2OK liquid hydrogen production facility project in Ardmore, Oklahoma.  Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a…

LG Chem to construct South Korea’s first supercritical pyrolysis plant for plastics recycling

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) says that it will construct South Korea’s first and its own hydrothermal plastics recycle facility using supercritical water. Supercritical water refers to a chemical recycling technology that converts mixed plastic streams into fossil-replacement oils…

Fortescue and Covestro enter a longterm green-hydrogen supply agreement

Australian renewable-energy firm Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) intend to enter into a long-term agreement for the supply of green hydrogen and its derivatives, including green ammonia. According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), FFI and…

Eastman announces plans to build world’s largest molecular plastics recycling facility in France

French President Emmanuel Macron and Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) Board Chair and CEO Mark Costa will jointly announce Eastman's plan to invest up to $1 billion in a material-to-material molecular recycling facility in France. This facility would use Eastman's…

BP signs strategic framework agreement in Oman for green hydrogen production

bp plc (London) and the Ministry of Energy and Minerals in Oman signed a Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) and a Renewables Data Collection Agreement which will support the potential development of a multiple gigawatt, world-class renewable energy and green hydrogen…

Haldor Topsoe’s technologies selected for Indaba Renewable Fuels’ biorefineries in California and Missouri

Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has announced that   Indaba Renewable Fuels (Indaba; Newport Beach, Calif.) will build two greenfield refineries in California and Missouri to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) utilizing Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology. The facilities are expected to begin production of SAF in 2024…