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Outokumpu and Norsk e-Fuel collaborating to convert steelmaking sidestreams into SAF

Stainless steel manufacturer Outokumpu (Helsinki, Finland) and Norsk e-Fuel AS (Oslo, Norway) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together towards realizing a CO-to-SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) production plant to be located next to Outokumpu’s stainless steel mill…

Corteva and bp launch biofuels JV called Etlas

Corteva Inc. (Indianapolis, Ind.) and bp plc (London) announced the launch of Etlas, their new 50:50 joint venture (JV) that will produce oil from crops – including canola, mustard and sunflower – for use in the production of biofuels like…

Syensqo and Axens launch new company to develop solid-state battery materials

Syensqo S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced the launch of Argylium, a new company dedicated to developing and scaling-up commercial demonstration of advanced materials for solid-state batteries in Europe. This collaboration represents an important step toward strengthening Europe’s…

Moeve signs agreement with Pretium Renovables to build biomethane plants

Moeve (Madrid, Spain) has signed a strategic agreement with Pretium Renovables to promote the development of renewable biomethane in Spain. The energy company has invested in this company, which specializes in developing biomethane projects, as a strategic partner to promote…

Versalis collaborates with Prysmian on cable-scrap recycling process

Cable manufacturer Prysmian S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) and Versalis S.p.A., Eni’s chemical company, have signed a strategic partnership to give new life to plastic cable scrap, through an innovative chemical recycling process, developing a dedicated supply chain. Following this agreement, Prysmian…

Borealis partners with BlueAlp to advance chemical recycling

Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) announced a strategic partnership with chemical-recycling technology company BlueAlp (Eindhoven, the Netherlands). The partnership will see Borealis transfer its majority share in Renasci, a chemical recycling company based in Ostend, Belgium, to BlueAlp, while acquiring a…

Plug Power installs electrolyzer system for green hydrogen project in Namibia

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) announced it has successfully installed a 5MW GenEco electrolyzer system for Cleanergy Solutions Namibia’s groundbreaking green hydrogen project. The Walvis Bay project plant, which officially opened in September, represents Africa’s first fully integrated commercial green…

NextChem inaugurates new plastics upcycling plant in Italy

NextChem (Maire; Milan, Italy; www.nextchem.com) inaugurated its new premises at MyReplast 30,000 square-meter upcycling plant in Bedizzole, Brescia, during a ceremony attended by local authorities and company top management. The new building includes meeting rooms and new offices, as well…

Mantel scales up molten-borate carbon capture with commercial-scale FEED study

Mantel Capture, a leading provider of energy-efficient and cost-effective carbon capture, announced initiation of a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for a commercial-scale project with a Canadian oil and gas producer. The initiative is supported by Alberta Innovates and will…

Lummus Technology and Advanced Ionics break ground on novel electrolyzer pilot plant

Lummus Technology (Houston) and Advanced Ionics (Milwaukee, Wis.), a low-cost green hydrogen technology provider, broke ground recently on a pilot plant for Advanced Ionics' cutting-edge electrolyzer technology. "By demonstrating Advanced Ionics' technology at our state-of-the-art R&D facility, we are leveraging…