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LanzaTech and NextChem to license waste-to-ethanol technology

 NextChem and U.S. carbon recycling company, LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.) have signed an agreement to license the Waste to Ethanol process. NextChem thereby expands its circular economy and chemical recycling technologies, adding circular ethanol technology to its circular hydrogen and circular…

Europe’s largest industrial green-hydrogen project underway in Spain

Iberdrola (Bilbao, Spain) and Fertiberia (Madrid, Spain) have signed an agreement, which will trigger an investment of 150 million euros, to construct the largest plant to produce green hydrogen for industrial use in Europe. The Spanish companies are to build…

Linde and CNOOC sign MoU related to China’s hydrogen economy

Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China National Offshore Oil Corporation's (CNOOC) subsidiary, CNOOC Energy Technology & Services, to jointly develop the hydrogen energy industry in China. Together, both companies will…

Clariant and Eta Bio announce license agreement on sunliquid cellulosic-ethanol technology in Bulgaria

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland) and Eta Bio Ltd., a company of the Pavlovi family, running a leading business in the agricultural sector in Bulgaria, today announced that a license agreement for the "sunliquid" cellulosic-ethanol technology has been signed. Eta Bio has…

Solvay installs solar farm at Dutch peroxides plant

Solvay S.A. (Brussels. Belgium) is constructing hectares of solar panels at its site in Linne Herten, the Netherlands, to generate its own green energy. Fully operational, Linne Herten’s 6,500 MWh solar farm provides 40% of the plant’s electricity needs and…

ATCO to build Alberta’s first hydrogen-blending project

Canadian Utilities, an ATCO company, announced it has been awarded $2.8 million in funding from Emission Reductions Alberta's (ERA) Natural Gas Challenge to advance a first-of-its-kind hydrogen blending project in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta. Once complete, the project will be Canada's…

EcoVadis and Oxiteno partner to grow supply-chain sustainability in Latin America

EcoVadis, provider of business sustainability ratings, has announced its partnership with Oxiteno (Sao Paulo, Brazil), a leader in the production of surfactants and specialty chemicals in Latin America. The two companies will collaborate to improve the sustainability performance of Oxiteno…

Chevron Lummus Global announces startup of euglena biofuels plant in Yokohama

Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), a joint venture between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Lummus Technology,  and Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) are pleased to announce the successful startup of euglena Co., Ltd.'s integrated Biofuels ISOCONVERSION unit in Yokohama, Japan.  The 5 barrel…

Snam and Baker Hughes test world’s first hydrogen blend turbine for gas networks

Baker Hughes (Houston) and Snam announced that they have successfully completed testing of the world’s first “hybrid” hydrogen turbine designed for a gas network. The test paves the way to implement adoption of hydrogen blended with natural gas in Snam’s…

Japanese consortium working toward emissions-reducing methanation technology for sustainable shipping

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) is among nine Japanese companies that have started the Ship Carbon Recycling Working Group (WG) formed within Japan's Carbon Capture & Reuse (CCR) Study Group and held its first meeting. Participating members are EX Research…