Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and the BF Group announced a partnership to develop sustainable agricultural products for biofuel production. Through an equal joint venture (50% Eni, 50% BF), projects will be developed to research and experiment with agricultural seeds from…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) are planning to develop the world’s largest cross-border carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain. The goal is to significantly reduce CO2 emissions at the industrial cluster in the port…
Nalco Water, Ecolab’s water and process management business for industrial customers, has launched a new program for refineries, ethylene producers and chemical recyclers of plastic waste. The program offers an end-to-end suite of chemistries and field expertise that are unique…
LG Chem Ltd. and GS Caltex (both Seoul, South Korea) will team up to jointly develop mass production technologies of eco-friendly materials for a circulating economy and carbon neutrality. LG Chem signed Joint Development Agreement (JDA) related to the development…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) and Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials (MCAM), a leading global manufacturer of high-performance thermoplastic materials in the form of semi-finished products and finished parts, announced a joint collaboration to further develop mechanical recycling solutions for both post-industrial…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) announced that the EU Innovation Fund has given a positive grant decision of €88-million funding to Neste’s green hydrogen and CO2 capture & storage project, which aims to quickly and efficiently reduce greenhouse gas emissions at…
Icelandic hydrogen and ammonia company Green Fuel and Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will see the companies partnering to identify efficient and scalable technologies for the production of green ammonia in Iceland. The…
SK Innovation and Energy (Seoul, South Korea) has selected Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.) for a feasibility study to retrofit SK’s hydrogen plant with carbon capture. SK will explore capturing and sequestering 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from existing…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that it is breaking ground on its new $30-million facility that will produce a range of materials to advance applications for electrification and lightweighting in support of growing demand for its automotive adhesives. The new facility…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sweetwater Energy, Inc. (Rochester N.Y.) regarding the use of sustainably sourced agricultural residues and woody biomass as a feedstock for producing cellulosic alcohols and energy-dense…