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thyssenkrupp Uhde to build a low-emission polyester plant for KÖKSAN in Turkey

Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) announced that its subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer has signed a contract with the Turkish packaging producer KÖKSAN for the delivery of a PET production plant. The plant will be located in Yumurtalık, Turkey. The new production…

Technip Energies awarded contract for Long Son Petrochemicals enhancement project in Vietnam

Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded a contract by Long Son Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (LSP) for its Long Son Petrochemicals Enhancement (LSPE) project, located on Long Son Island, Vietnam. The contract covers engineering and procurement services, site assistance, and the…

Aduro awards permitting contract to Ebert HERA for first-of-a-kind plastics recycling facility

Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (London, Ont., Canada; www.adurocleantech.com), a technology company using the power of chemistry to transform lower-value feedstocks, like waste plastics, heavy bitumen and renewable oils, into resources for the 21st century, today announced the award of a…

Global Impact Coalition releases report on automotive plastics recycling pilot project

The Global Impact Coalition (GIC; Geneva, Switzerland; www.globalimpactcoalition.com) today released a report on a pilot project that involves recycling plastics from end-of-life vehicles. The report (Closing the Loop on Automotive Plastics: From End-of-Life Vehicles to Circular Material Streams), outlines the…

Axens selected for major fuels projects in Louisiana and Texas

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has been selected to contribute to two large energy projects in the U.S. First, Southern Energy Renewables Inc., a U.S.-based producer of low-cost fuels made from biomass, with a flagship Louisiana project that plans to utilize regional…

Gevo licenses two ORNL catalyst technologies for SAF production

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) has licensed two patented catalyst technologies from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL; Oak Ridge, Tenn.)  for use in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). “This partnership will streamline the…

WPU to build chemical-recycling facility alongside Vitol refinery in Port of Rotterdam

WPU, Vitol’s plastics recycling business, plans to build a new chemical recycling facility for end-of-life plastics at the Port of Rotterdam, alongside Vitol’s refinery, VPR. The new plant will have the capacity to process 80,000 tonnes a year of post-consumer…

X-Energy selects Fluor for nuclear project at Dow site in Texas

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that it has entered into a contract with X-Energy Reactor Com., LLC (Rockville, Md) to support the company’s proposed advanced nuclear project at Dow’s UCC Seadrift Operations in south Texas. Under the agreement, Fluor will…

TotalEnergies and Masdar to form $2.2-billion renewable-energy JV in Asia

TotalEnergies SE (Paris), and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, a global clean energy leader, have signed a binding agreement to establish a $2.2 billion 50/50 joint venture (JV) that will merge their onshore renewable activities in nine…

Plug Power to supply electrolyzer system for Hy2gen’s Courant decarbonized ammonium nitrate project in Québec

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) announced it has been awarded the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract to supply a 275 MW GenEco PEM electrolyzer system for Hy2gen Canada Inc.’s “Courant” project. The system represents one of the largest electrolyzer project…