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Toray to construct pilot facility to produce new all-carbon CO2-separation membranes

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) will install a pilot facility for its all-carbon carbon dioxide (CO2) separation membrane at its Shiga Plant. An all-carbon CO2-separation membrane owes its high performance to a dual-layer structure, comprising a thin carbon-film separation layer on…

Fortera and Sumitomo Corporation to partner on low-carbon cement projects in Asia

Green cement manufacturer Fortera Corp. (San Jose, Calif.) is partnering with multinational Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo) to position the market for widespread adoption of Fortera’s carbon-reducing ReCarb technology. The two companies have agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to focus on…

Hysata and POSCO partner to advance high-efficiency electrolyzer technology

Hysata Pty. Ltd. (Wollongong, Australia) has entered two Joint Development Agreements (JDA) with POSCO Holdings Inc. (Pohang-si, South Korea) and POSCO Eco & Challenge (POSCO E&C). These collaborations aim to advance the development and deployment of Hysata’s next-generation electrolyzer technology.…

Baker Hughes and the University of California, Berkeley establish Global Decarbonization Research Institute

Baker Hughes, Inc. (Houston) and the University of California, Berkeley have announced a new long-term research partnership to establish the Baker Hughes Institute for Decarbonization Materials at UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry. The institute will connect breakthrough academic research with…

Phillips 66 teams with NextEra Energy Resources to power Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex with solar facility

Phillips 66, Inc. (Houston) is teaming up with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC to power Phillips 66’s Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex with a 30.2 megawatt (MW) solar facility. The solar facility will reduce the complex’s grid power demand…

Gevo and LG Chem extend partnership to expand ethanol-to-olefins production

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) and LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) are extending their joint development agreement. The agreement extension enables LG Chem to assess existing assets for deploying Gevo’s Ethanol-to-Olefins (ETO) technology while accelerating commercialization activities, considering project scale…

Samsung E&A wins $955 million contract for a biorefinery in Malaysia

Samsung E&A (Seoul, South Korea) secured the contract for a biorefinery that will have the capability to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and other biofuels such as Renewable Diesel / Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO) to cater to the growing demands…

Hydrom and thyssenkrupp nucera to collaborate on developing green hydrogen projects in Oman

Hydrogen Oman (Hydrom) and Thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together in supporting the growing green hydrogen sector in the Sultanate of Oman, with the aim of fostering future…

Air Liquide awarded grant for low-carbon hydrogen production site at Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has been awarded a grant of €110 million from the European Innovation Fund for its ENHANCE project in the port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium, that aims to produce and distribute low-carbon and renewable hydrogen derived from ammonia.…

Cyclic Materials to supply recycled copper to Glencore

Cyclic Materials Inc. (Toronto, Ont., Canada) announced the signing of a multi-year offtake agreement with Glencore Ltd. (Baar, Switzerland)for the supply of copper produced at its Spoke operations. The strategic partnership aims to advance sustainable practices in the rare earths…