Thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany) has signed an agreement for a North American project, under which a company has contractually secured the supply of the standardized 20 MW “scalum” electrolysis modules with a total installed capacity in…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) , Gasgrid Finland Ltd, Helen Ltd, and Vantaa Energy Ltd have in collaboration started preliminary studies on the development of an industrial hydrogen valley in the Uusimaa region, Finland. This joint effort is a step forward…
TotalEnergies (Paris) has signed a 100 GW biomethane purchase agreement with Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) for a three-year period starting in 2024. The biomethane will be produced by TotalEnergies at its BioBéarn biomethane plant, which came on stream at the…
The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria) and Swedish pulp producer Södra (Växjö, Sweden; www.sodra.com) are embarking on a major circular project related to textile recycling. The project will be supported by an EU subsidy of EUR 10 million as part of…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced it has been awarded a feasibility study contract by Southern Rock Energy Partners to support the development of a first-of-its-kind refinery in Cushing, Oklahoma. Southern Rock's proposed 250,000-bpd refinery will be powered by solar, wind, waste…
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and AFA Nord, a leading recycler of agricultural film, have agreed to create a 50:50 joint venture (JV) that intends to recycle post commercial flexible secondary packaging waste. The joint venture company, LMF Nord…
Polystyvert Inc. (Montreal, Queb., Canada) announces the construction of its first full-scale commercial plant to produce recycled polystyrene in Greater Montreal. Representing an investment of $40 million, this plant will recycle 9,000 tons of post-consumer and post-industrial polystyrene waste annually,…
ArcelorMittal and John Cockerill (Seraing, Belgium) announced plans to construct the world’s first industrial-scale low temperature, iron electrolysis plant. The Volteron plant, which in a first phase will produce between 40,000 and 80,000 tons a year of iron plates, is…
Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA; Oslo, Norway), a Yara International ASA company, and Cepsa (Madrid, Spain) have agreed on a strategic partnership to set up the first clean hydrogen maritime corridor between the ports of Algeciras and Rotterdam for the decarbonization…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has made the final investment decision to commence construction of upgrading facilities for liquefied plastic waste at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. With the investment of 111 million euros, Neste will build the capacity to upgrade…