Brightmark LLC (San Francisco, Calif.) and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.) announced the formation of a joint venture, Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC, to own projects across the United States to produce and market dairy biomethane, a renewable natural gas…
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. (CPChem; The Woodlands, Tex.) announced success in its first commercial-scale production of polyethylene using advanced recycling technology. Advanced recycling, sometimes referred to as “chemical recycling,” converts plastic waste to valuable liquids that can become new petrochemicals. This…
Marathon Petroleum Corp. (Findlay, Ohio) has applied for permits to convert its Martinez, California, refinery to a renewable diesel facility. While the Martinez conversion project is still being evaluated, seeking permits is an important step toward producing lower-carbon-intensity fuels in…
Monolith Materials (Lincoln, Neb.; www.monolithmaterials.com), a leader in clean energy and chemical production, today announced it plans to use its proprietary process to produce approximately 275,000 metric tons per year of carbon-free anhydrous ammonia in the United States. Current ammonia…
ADM (Chicago) and Spiber Inc. (Tsuruoka, Japan) announced an agreement to expand the production of Spiber’s innovative Brewed Protein polymers for use in apparel and other consumer products. The collaboration will combine Spiber’s cutting-edge structural protein fermentation technology with ADM’s…
Offshore wind developer Ørsted A/S (Fredericia, Denmark) and Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) have joined forces in developing a pioneering project aiming at replacing fossil hydrogen with renewable hydrogen in the production of ammonia with the potential to abate more…
Enel Green Power Chile (EGP Chile), a subsidiary of Enel Spa (Rome, Italy), is planning to participate with Chilean power company AME and prospective partners ENAP, Chile’s National Oil Company, Siemens Energy and Porsche, in the installation of a pilot…
Carbon8 Systems, a U.K.-based company that invented and owns a process that combines industrial waste residues with captured CO₂ emissions, will be running its first Energy from Waste (EfW) pilot project in The Netherlands. Carbon8 System’s accelerated carbonation process produces…
Biobased fuels and chemicals play a critical role in meeting the increasing global demand for more environmentally friendly sources of energy and plastics to make clothing, electronics, packaging, and building materials. To explore the production of these renewable resources, Cargill…
Hydrogen applications are emerging as a low-carbon breakthrough that will transform the power generation market amidst the rapidly changing energy landscape. As a leader in innovative infrastructure solutions, Black & Veatch (B&V; Overland Park, Kan.) announced it has joined the…