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Evonik joins research project focused on lithium recycling

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) announces its involvement in a research project to recover high-purity lithium from recycled batteries from electric vehicles (EV). Led by ACCUREC Recycling GmbH, various partners from science and industry are working on the EarLi project…

NextChem awarded feasibility study to decarbonize steel plant in Ravenna

MAIRE S.p.A. announces that its Sustainable Technology Solutions subsidiary NextChem and Marcegaglia Group (Marcegaglia) have signed a contract for a feasibility study to accelerate the decarbonization of Marcegaglia’s steel plant in Ravenna (Emilia Romagna region, Northern Italy). The study refers…

ALPLA to construct PET recycling plant in South Africa

After opening its new headquarters in Lanseria near Johannesburg in autumn 2022, ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) is building a new recycling plant in the South African coastal town of Ballito, north of Durban. The plant, with an output of 35,000…

TotalEnergies to double SAF production at Grandpuits site, add biomethane production unit

TotalEnergies (Paris) is stepping up production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and low carbon energies of its Grandpuits site. These investments reflect the Company’s ambition to develop low carbon energies and the circular economy, and consist of: The doubling of…

Phillips 66 supplies hydrogen for blending project with Linden Cogen

Linden Cogeneration (Linden Cogen) has successfully completed the commissioning process of its hydrogen blending initiative which stands to curb CO2 emissions by reducing the amount of natural gas used for power and steam generation. After such modifications, including PSM’s FlameSheet…

Plug Power and Energy Vault to deploy the largest hydrogen-powered fuel cell in the U.S.

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) announced it will supply Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. with 8 MW (megawatts) of hydrogen fuel cell stationary power to deliver clean energy to the city of Calistoga, located in California Wine Country, during times of…

Solvay to produce green hydrogen for its peroxides operations in Italy

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Sapio are partnering in the joint development of the Hydrogen Valley Rosignano Project, a large-scale hydrogen production plant with locally-sourced green energy in Rosignano, Italy. Led by two technology leaders in the hydrogen economy, this…

Technip Energies and GE Gas Power selected by RWE for carbon-capture project in the U.K.

Technip Energies (Paris) and its partner GE Gas Power have been selected by RWE Generation UK plc to perform a pre-FEED (Front-End Engineering and Design) study for a new, decarbonized natural gas-fired Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) plant with a…

Covestro signs first major renewable energy agreement for its U.S. operations

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has signed a 90 megawatt (MW) virtual power purchase agreement (vPPA) with Ørsted, a clean energy leader in the U.S. market, headquartered in Denmark. With various agreements in place, Covestro fosters the growth of renewable energy…

Neste supports Rio Tinto U.S. Borax mining site to transition to renewable diesel

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has partnered with Rio Tinto (London, U.K.) to help the company transition all of its heavy machinery from fossil diesel to renewable diesel at the U.S. Borax mine in Boron, California. The partnership helps Rio Tinto…