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Velocys and Bechtel to collaborate on sustainable fuels projects

Velocys plc (Harwell, U.K.) announced the execution of a master relationship agreement (MRA) with Bechtel (Reston, Va.) The MRA sets out a route map for the parties to collaborate with each other with the objective of developing an EPC execution…

Sasol and Sonatrach announce project to produce hydrogen and low-carbon syngas in Italy

Sasol Italy and Sonatrach Raffineria Italiana have announced the "Hybla Project," which is an ambitious initiative that aims to build an innovative plant of significant capacity for the production of hydrogen and 'low carbon' syngas also capable of capturing and…

Tata Chemicals Europe signs low-carbon hydrogen offtake agreement

Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE) and Vertex Hydrogen have signed a ‘Heads of Terms’ offtake agreement for over 200 megawatts of low carbon hydrogen. TCE is one of Europe’s leading producers of sodium carbonate, salt, sodium bicarbonate and other products used…

Braskem America receives ISCC Plus certification for all U.S. polypropylene sites

Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) announced that Braskem America has received International Sustainability & Carbon PLUS (ISCC PLUS) certification for all five of its polypropylene (PP) manufacturing facilities in the United States. Mark Nikolich, Chief Executive Officer of Braskem America,…

Topsoe and Steeper Energy to introduce new waste-to-biofuel technology platform

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) and Steeper Energy, a pioneer within biomass conversion technologies, have today signed a global licensing agreement for a complete waste-to-fuel solution. The agreement combines Topsoe’s unique technologies in renewable fuels and hydrogen production as well as…

Phillips 66’s Sweeny Refinery awarded certification to process waste oils into plastic feedstock

Phillips 66 Co. (Houston) announced it has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification for its Sweeny Refinery in Texas to process oil made from waste plastics into feedstocks for new plastics. “Phillips 66 is committed to keeping…

Orion Engineered Carbons announces $60-million emissions-reduction project

Orion Engineered Carbons (Houston) will sharply reduce air emissions at its Borger, Texas, plant with new control technology. The $60 million project also involved upgrading the site’s cogeneration system, which takes heat created by the carbon black production process and…

Citroniq Chemicals signs renewable-polypropylene supply agreement with Mitsui Plastiscs

Citroniq Chemicals LLC (Houston), a world-scale producer of carbon-negative materials, and Mitsui Plastics, Inc (MPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., announced the execution of a letter of intent for a large-scale supply agreement for sustainable…

Cepsa, partners to develop 200-MW electrolysis plant at Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley

Cepsa  (Madrid, Spain), Enagás Renovable, one of the largest European developers of renewable gas projects, and Alter Enersun, a company dedicated to the promotion of renewable energy generation facilities, have signed an agreement to jointly develop a green hydrogen plant…

Avantium to supply Henkel with plant-based FDCA

Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam. The Netherlands) and Henkel signed an offtake agreement for five years, under which Avantium will supply Henkel with FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) produced in Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant, currently under construction in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. Avantium expects to…