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Svante partners with Kiewit to develop industrial-scale carbon capture projects in North America

Svante, Inc. (Burnaby, B.C., Canada) and Kiewit Energy Group Inc. have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic alliance to pursue industrial carbon capture projects under development by industrial carbon emitter clients in the U.S. and…

Monolith and Goodyear to collaborate on sustainable carbon-black production

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement and letter of intent with Monolith Materials (Lincoln, Neb.) for the development and potential use of carbon black produced from methane and/or biomethane for…

Nuberg EPC awarded contract for IOCL bio-ethanol plant

EPC and turnkey project management company, Nuberg EPC (New Delhi, India) has been awarded the prestigious 10 ton/d 2nd Generation Bio-Ethanol from Biomass plant project on an LSTK basis in Panipat. The project, owned by Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL;…

Novozymes and Saipem enter collaboration for enzymatic carbon-capture technologies

Novozymes A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) have entered a collaboration agreement to develop solutions for enzymatic carbon capture, a biological and cost-effective alternative to traditional carbon capture. The ambition is to bring advanced enzyme-based carbon…

thyssenkrupp signs contract to install over 2-GW electrolysis plant for Air Products in NEOM

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) has awarded thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) a contract to supply a more than 2-GW electrolysis plant for one of the world’s largest green hydrogen projects at NEOM in Saudi Arabia. Under this…

Yara and Sumitomo Chemical explore clean ammonia collaboration in Japan

Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) have entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the potential supply of clean ammonia to Sumitomo Chemical for its use in chemicals production, accelerating Japan’s green energy transition. Under this…

Mitsubishi Chemical and Agilyx announce successful trial results for advanced acrylic recycling

Mitsubishi Chemical Methacrylates (MCM) and partner, Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS, announced the successful results of a full-scale production trial for polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA; commonly called acrylic) depolymerization at Agilyx’s facility in Tigard, Oregon.…

TotalEnergies and Plastics Omnium to collaborate on recycled-polypropylene materials

TotalEnergies and Plastic Omnium have signed a strategic partnership that will see them join forces to design and develop new plastic materials, made from recycled polypropylene, which meet the demanding aesthetic and safety standards that apply to the automotive industry. …

Gevo announces major renewable-fuel supply agreement with Kolmar Americas

Kolmar Americas Inc. and Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) have entered into a financeable fuel supply agreement for 45 million gallons per year (on a neat basis) of renewable, energy-dense liquid hydrocarbons that are expected to be produced from Gevo’s second…

Trinseo to acquire European plastics recycling firm Heathland B.V.

Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire Heathland B.V., a leading collector and recycler of post-consumer (PCR, EoL) and post-industrial (PIR) plastic wastes in Europe. As a plastic waste collector and recycler based in Utrecht,…