Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with PTT Global Chemical PLC (PTTGC; Bangkok, Thailand) to explore mass production technology for adipic acid made from non-edible biomass (agricultural waste from producing plant-based foods). Toray…
Shell plc (London, U.K.; www.shell.com) announced that Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk started up a new unit that allows difficult-to-recycle plastics to be reused. With the Market Development Upgrader (MDU), the chemicals complex can now process circular raw materials at scale. The…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Exterra Carbon Solutions (Montreal, Queb., Canada) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities to deploy a commercial scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Quebec, Canada, using a combination of…
Avina Clean Hydrogen Inc. (Short Hills, N.J.) held a groundbreaking ceremony for it’s landmark green hydrogen project in the City of Vernon, just 10 miles from the Port of Long Beach in Southern California. The project marks a major milestone…
Lummus Technology (Houston), announced a new partnership with Advanced Ionics (Milwaukee, Wis.), a low-cost green hydrogen technology provider. This partnership includes an investment from Lummus Venture Capital to accelerate the commercialization of Advanced Ionics' hydrogen electrolyzer technology and support the…
Citroniq Chemicals, LLC (Houston) has selected Falls City's Mid-America Rail Campus in Nebraska to be one of its state-of-the-art bio-based production mega-sites. The landmark project is part of the Nebraska BioEconomy Initiative, which aims to advance Nebraska's economic strength, fortify…
Technip Energies (Paris, France; www.ten.com), Alterra Energy (Akron, Ohio; www.alterraenergy.com) and Neste Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) have signed a collaboration agreement to advance the circularity of plastics by providing the industry a standardized technology solution for chemical recycling, also referred…
AM Green has placed India’s largest electrolyzer order with John Cockerill Hydrogen for one of the world’s largest green ammonia projects. AM Green achieved Final Investment Decision (FID) in August 2024 for this first million-ton green ammonia project to be…
LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Chicago, Ill.) announced plans to develop a commercial-scale Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) facility at Herøya Industrial Park in Porsgrunn, Norway. The plant will produce ethanol and is expected to begin operations in 2028. Eramet Group (Paris,…
Packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria; www.alpla.com) is opening a state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant in Ballito, South Africa approximately one and a half years after the start of construction. The company has invested 60 million euros…