Cepsa (Madrid, Spain) and Bio-Oils, Apical’s biofuels entity in Huelva, have created a joint venture to promote the production of second generation (2G) biofuels through the construction of the largest plant in southern Europe, announced by Cepsa last March. The…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is investing in a pilot electrolyzer at its site in Herne (Germany) to produce green hydrogen as a starting product for isophorone diamine (IPDA), a key raw material for rotor blades for wind turbines. In…
Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) has partnered with New Iridium, a startup based in Colorado. This initiative, and others in development, aim to advance technologies to convert CO2 generated by industrial operations. The partnership with New Iridium focuses on CO2…
Lummus Technology (Houston) and RWDC Industries, a biotechnology company developing biopolymer material solutions, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate on global polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) deployment initiatives. The signing ceremony took place at Lummus' headquarters in Houston, Texas, with…
Regenx Tech Corp. received the occupancy permit for its first facility in Greeneville, Tennessee. This permit allowed the commissioning of Module 1 to begin. The commissioning process includes the testing of all the components and will start with processing smaller…
Cemvita Inc. (Houston) announced the opening of a pilot plant in Houston, TX. The plant marks a landmark step in the development of technology for using CO2 emissions as feedstock to produce valuable biocommodities including fertilizer, plastic, methane, and fuels.…
Technip Energies (Paris) announced the award of a contract for the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) phase of LanzaTech’s DRAGON Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Project based on LanzaJet Alcohol to Jet (ATJ) Technology, on track to be one of the…
Sunfire has successfully installed the world's first multi-megawatt high-temperature electrolyzer for the production of green hydrogen at Neste's renewable products refinery in Rotterdam. Having met the refinery's highest quality requirements, Sunfire has now achieved mechanical completion of the electrolysis system.…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has acquired stakes in the BioTJet project, the aim of which is to build and operate the largest European Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production unit using the Fischer-Tropsch process, relying on the BioTfueL technology. This unit will…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) and LG Chem (Seoul, South Korea) have entered into a joint development agreement to develop bio-propylene for renewable chemicals using Gevo’s Ethanol-to-Olefins (ETO) technology. Gevo’s proprietary ETO technology can target carbon neutral or carbon negative drop-in…