TotalEnergies SE (Paris) has signed an agreement to acquire from its three founders the entire share capital of Kyon Energy, one of the leading developers of battery storage systems in the country. The consideration consists of a €90 million upfront…
Dow (Midland, Mich.) has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification at its PO/PG and Polyols manufacturing site in Freeport, Texas. An ISCC PLUS certification recognizes Dow’s implementation of decoupling fossil feedstocks by using waste sourced feedstock, following…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Inditex jointly announced a breakthrough in their efforts for boosting recyclability in the textile industry. With the launch of loopamid, a polyamide 6 (PA6, also known as nylon 6) made from 100 percent textile waste,…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France), IFP Energies Nouvellas (IFPEN; Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France) inaugurated the first industrial-scale demonstrator of a plant producing bio-based butadiene in France, at Michelin’s site in Bassens near Bordeaux. The demonstrator was built within the framework…
Canadian hydrogen infrastructure specialist Teralta has launched a clean-hydrogen system at a pulp mill in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. The project began in 2022 as the first initiative in Teralta’s international waste-hydrogen strategy involving the development of utility-scale low-carbon…
Lhyfe (Paris, France) and European renewable energy developer Source Galileo (Dublin, Ireland) announced their joint agreement to develop commercial-scale green and renewable hydrogen production units in the UK and Ireland. The companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and Enilive move a further step forward to the final investment decision on the project of a new biorefinery in South Korea by signing the joint venture agreement. The agreement has been signed in…
Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS, a subsidiary of Nel ASA (Oslo, Norway), has signed a contract for 10 MW of alkaline electrolyzer equipment for about EUR 5 million with Samsung C&T Corporation Engineering & Construction Group (Samsung C&T) for its first…
Shell Chemicals and Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) will collaborate to increase the amount of circular content used in Braskem’s production of polypropylene as part of a wider value chain enhancement. The circular polypropylene will be produced using a ISCC…
BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) and Heraeus Precious Metals have commenced operations of a new joint venture facility, BASF HERAEUS Metal Resource Co., Ltd, (BHMR) located in Pinghu, China. The facility recovers precious metals from spent automotive catalysts,…