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Enerflex and BASF to collaborate on carbon capture, utilization and storage applications

Enerflex Ltd. and BASF SE (Lugwigshafen, Germany) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly facilitate the commercial scale deployment of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) applications. The parties will combine Enerflex’s expertise in engineering, manufacturing, and…

Linde and Heidelberg Materials break ground on large-scale carbon capture and utilization facility for the cement industry

Linde plc (Guidlford, U.K.) and Heidelberg Materials AG (Heidelberg, Germany) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for their large-scale carbon capture and liquefaction plant in Lengfurt, Germany. Christian Knell, General Manager of Heidelberg Materials Germany, and Andreas X. Müller, Managing Director of…

Bp to acquire full ownership of bp Bunge Bioenergia JV

Bp plc (London) has agreed to acquire Bunge’s 50% holding interest in its bp Bunge Bioenergia S.A. joint venture (JV), one of Brazil’s leading biofuels-producing companies. Upon completion, bp will become sole owner of the industrial scale sugarcane and ethanol…

Synhelion inaugurates the world’s first industrial plant for solar-powered fuels production in Germany

Synhelion S.A. (Lugano, Switzerland) inaugurated the world’s first industrial-scale plant to produce synthetic fuels using solar heat in Jülich, Germany. By inaugurating DAWN, Synhelion proves that the technology to produce solar fuels is ready for large scaling. The renewable fuels…

Encina and BASF establish partnership for supply of renewable benzene

Encina Development Group, LLC (Encina), a manufacturer of ISCC PLUS certified circular chemicals, and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced a long-term supply agreement for chemically recycled circular benzene derived from post-consumer end-of-life plastics. The agreement marks a pivotal moment in…

Metso secures order from Hindalco for India’s first large-scale electronic waste recycling facility

Hindalco Industries Ltd., a global leader in aluminum and copper, and a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, has awarded Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) an order for the delivery of a large integrated electronic waste recycling process to be…

Trelleborg opens hydrogen testing facility in Indiana

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has opened a 1,000-ft2 hydrogen testing lab in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The lab space gives Trelleborg the capacity to expand its existing and future hydrogen testing capabilities. The development is part of Trelleborg’s strategic goal to be…

ENEOS and Mitsubishi enter joint study on hydrogen and renewable fuels

ENEOS Corp. (Tokyo) and Mitsubishi Corp. (MC; Tokyo) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to perform a joint study on the implementation of hydrogen and decarbonized fuels, which expands the ongoing joint feasibility study in the area…

Topsoe, ABB and Fluor form alliance to develop standardized concept for SOEC electrolyzer factory

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark), ABB (Zurich, Switzerland) and Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) have formed an alliance to design a standardized concept for building Topsoe’s next Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOEC) factory. The aim is to continuously develop processes to reduce…

INEOS and NextEra Energy break ground on solar project in Texas

INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC announced groundbreaking on INEOS Hickerson Solar, a new 310-megawatt solar project located in Bosque County, Texas, USA. This significant milestone follows the recently signed renewable power purchase agreement with NextEra…