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Axens to begin licensing Plastic Energy’s TAC process for advanced plastic recycling

Following the signature of the strategic partnership between Plastic Energy and Axens in 2021, Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has announced that Plastic Energy’s  (London, U.K.) thermal anaerobic conversion (TAC) process has now been fully integrated into Axens’ technology portfolio, thanks to…

Dow joins industry task force focused on PLF sustainability

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC; London) has announced that Dow (Midland, Mich.), along with Walgreens Boots Alliance, United Utilities and Northumbrian Water, have joined RSC’s sustainable polymers task force Sustainable Polymers in Liquid Formulation (PLFs) Task Force, which was…

Evonik commercializes fermentation-based collagen product

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) announced that its recombinant, non-animal-derived collagen platform is now available at commercial scale. Vecollan is highly pure and soluble collagen that is produced via fermentation. It features a triple-helix structure to mimic the properties of…

Technip Energies awarded EPC contract for CCS project in Oslo

Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded a large Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) contract by Hafslund Oslo Celsio, the largest supplier of district heating in Norway, for a world-first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at waste-to-energy plant located in Oslo,…

Air Products and VPI to jointly develop Humber Hydrogen Hub in the U.K.

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) and power generator VPI signed a joint development agreement to drive forward the “Humber Hydrogen Hub” or “H3”, which seeks to develop a flagship 800-MW low-carbon hydrogen production facility in Immingham, UK. The majority of…

Shell to start work on Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant

Shell Nederland B.V. and Shell Overseas Investments B.V., subsidiaries of Shell plc, have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I, which will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025. The 200MW electrolyzer will be…

Versalis and Forever Plast to construct plastics recycling facility at Porto Marghera

Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), Eni's chemical company, and Forever Plast, an Italian company and European leader in the recycling of post-consumer plastics, have signed a new agreement as part of a project aimed at transforming the Porto Marghera industrial…

Ineos announces government funding for green-H2 feasibility study in Köln

Ineos (London) has announced that the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia has confirmed €770,000 funding to support a feasibility study for the construction of a 100-megawatt water electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen at the INEOS site in…

DOMO Chemicals and Hynamics collaborating on zero-carbon hydrogen project in France

DOMO Chemicals (Leuna, Germany) and Hynamics, a 100% subsidiary of EDF Group specializing in the production of low-carbon hydrogen, have entered into a partnership project with the objective of achieving zero-carbon for 100% of the hydrogen used at the Belle-Étoile…

Trinseo and GMP Group announce plans for polystyrene recycling plant in the Netherlands

Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) and GMP Group (GMP), a circular business innovations company in the Netherlands, announced jointly their intended concerted efforts in further unlocking the circularity of polystyrene (PS). Trinseo and GMP’s collaboration aims at providing a framework for cooperation,…