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MOL Group completes new rubber-bitumen plant for recycling tire waste

MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary; www.mol.hu) announced that it has completed a rubber bitumen plant at the Zala Site, representing an investment of around $10 million. The facility, built in one year, is capable of producing 20,000 metric tons per year…

Veolia and Waga Energy launch landfill-gas recovery unit in France

Veolia (Paris) and Waga Energy S.A. (Meylan, France) have launched the construction of  WagaBox, a unit recovering biomethane from landfill waste. WagaBox will be installed in Île-de-France at the Claye-Souilly landfill to supply renewable gas to 20,000 homes in the…

Gevo and Total to collaborate on production of renewable isoamylene

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced that it has signed a joint development agreement with TOTAL Cray Valley, part of the Polymers division of Total SE (Paris), to upgrade fusel oils (a mixture liquids produced during alcoholic fermentation) from ethanol production…

Equinor collaborates with Microsoft on Northern Lights carbon capture and storage value chain

Equinor ASA (Stavanger, Norway) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft to explore ways to support the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project as a technology partner. Microsoft will explore using the project to enable the…

ArcelorMittal details strategy for carbon-neutral steel production

ArcelorMittal Europe S.A. (Luxembourg) announced details of its CO2 technology strategy, which will enable it to offer its first green steel solutions to customers this year (30,000 tons), scale up this offering in coming years (to reach 120,000 tons in…

GE, Long Ridge Energy to collaborate on first-of-its-kind green-hydrogen project in the U.S.

Long Ridge Energy Terminal, (Hannibal, Ohio) announced plans to transition its 485 MW combined-cycle power plant to run on carbon-free hydrogen. In collaboration with New Fortress Energy (NFE) and GE Power, Long Ridge intends to begin providing carbon-free power to…

Lummus announces agreement with New Hope Technologies to license waste-plastics conversion technology

Lummus Technology, LLC (Houston) and New Hope Technologies announced that the companies have entered into a cooperation agreement for the marketing and further development of a leading plastic-waste conversion technology based on thermal pyrolysis. The agreement is part of Green…

Novozymes and WWF to collaborate on water sustainability goals

Novozymes A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark;) has announced that the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) will help the company to reach its sustainability goals on water. Novozymes has a global presence with factories in Denmark, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Argentina, India…

ALPLA produces first carbon-neutral rPET using renewable power

ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) announced that it has switched its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) Recycling Team plants in Wöllersdorf, Austria, and Radomsko, Poland, to a mix of electricity from renewable sources in order to produce carbon-neutral rPET ( recycled polyethylene terephthalate).…

Lummus establishes new sustainability-focused business entity

Lummus Technology, LLC (Houston)announced that it has formed a new business entity called Green Circle LLC, to concentrate and expand its capabilities and capture new opportunities in the energy transition and circular economy. Lummus intends for the Green Circle brand…