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Gevo to sell renewable natural gas production to bp

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced that its wholly-owned dairy-manure-based renewable natural gas (RNG) project company located in northwest Iowa, Gevo NW Iowa RNG, LLC, has signed binding, definitive agreements with BP Canada Energy Marketing Corp. and BP Products North America…

thyssenkrupp supports Emirati company Helios Industry in green hydrogen and green ammonia value chain development

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Dortmund, Germany) has been awarded a contract to perform a technical study for a new green hydrogen and green ammonia project by the Emirati company Helios Industry. A water electrolysis plant, as well as a facility…

Green hydrogen and methanol project announced in Iceland

Icelandic utility company HS Orka and Hydrogen Ventures Ltd. (H2V; London) have announced plans to develop a production plant for green methanol using green hydrogen to power the marine sector, as well as domestic and commercial vehicles such as cars,…

Sumitomo Rubber pilots hydrogen-powered tire manufacturing

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. is pleased to announce that, with the backing and support of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO, a national research and development agency), the company’s major tire factory in the City of Shirakawa…

Wood and Nexus partner to expand plastic-waste conversion plant

Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has partnered with Nexus, LLC, a waste-to-virgin plastics company, to rapidly expand their commercial-scale production plant based in Atlanta, Georgia.  The plant converts plastic waste into products that are then converted into virgin recycled-content plastics.  The expansion of…

Reliance Industries to double PET recycling capacity

Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL; Mumbai, India) is doubling its PET recycling capacity by setting up a recycled polyester staple  fiber (PSF) manufacturing facility in Andhra Pradesh.  As a part of this endeavor, Srichakra Ecotex India Pvt. Ltd. will build and…

Westlake Chemical to acquire recycled-materials producer Dimex

Westlake Chemical Corp. (Houston) announced plans for one of its subsidiaries to acquire the parent company of Dimex LLC, from Grey Mountain Partners, a private equity firm. Based in Marietta, Ohio, Dimex produces a variety of consumer products made from…

McDermott wins FEED contract from Michelin for tire-recycling project

McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) announced it has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract from the Michelin Group in France for an innovative waste tire technology enabling large-scale production of recycled carbon black—a key ingredient in advancing the next…

KBR wins technology contract for TreeToTextile sustainable fibers plant

KBR, Inc, (Houston) announced that it has signed a technology contract for a sustainable textile fibers demonstration plant to be built by TreeToTextile AB in Nymölla, Sweden.  KBR will provide technology license, engineering, proprietary equipment, and commissioning services for the…

ArcelorMittal announces major decarbonization investment in Canada

ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg) has announced that new direct reduction of iron ore (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) installations at ArcelorMittal Dofasco in Hamilton, Ontario will reduce carbon emissions by by approximately 3 million tons, which represents approximately 60% of emissions,…