BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that BASF Polska has signed a two-year contract with PGE Obrót S.A. to purchase electricity produced entirely from renewable energy sources - mainly wind - to power its Mobile Emissions Catalysts plant in Środa Śląska,…
Rio Tinto plc (London, U.K.) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) announced a partnership to study the construction of a hydrogen pilot plant at Rio Tinto’s Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone, Australia, and explore the potential use of hydrogen at…
Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC; Findlay, Ohio) and Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM; Chicago) announced an agreement to form a joint venture (JV) for the production of soybean oil to supply rapidly growing demand for renewable diesel fuel. Under the terms of the…
NuMat Technologies (Chicago, Ill.) announced a partnership with Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) to develop sustainable chemical separation technologies that can efficiently and dramatically reduce the carbon emissions and carbon footprint required to produce critical chemicals used in key sectors of the…
Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS and Kumho Petrochemical (Seoul, South Korea), a global leader in the manufacture of synthetic rubber, have announced a collaboration to explore the development and construction of a chemical recycling…
NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine and German energy trading company RWE Supply & Trading GmbH have signed a memorandum of understanding. Both companies agree to explore mutually beneficial cooperation opportunities along the full value chain of green hydrogen and its derivatives…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has decided to construct a pilot facility for chemical recycling of acrylic resin (PMMA, poly-methyl-methacrylate) at its Ehime Works in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The new facility is scheduled to begin pilot tests in…
The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (Port of Corpus Christi) and Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC (HEP; San Antonio, Tex.) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) stating their intention to convert Howard’s Javelina refinery services facility into the region’s…
Raven SR Inc. (Pinedale Wyoming), a renewable fuels company, announced the closing of a $20 million strategic investment from Chevron U.S.A. Inc., ITOCHU Corp., Hyzon Motors Inc. and Ascent Hydrogen Fund. Raven SR plans to build modular waste-to-green hydrogen production…
INEOS Energy, Wintershall Dea and a consortium of 29 companies, research institutes and universities, have today signed an agreement to support the next phase of the Greensand pilot project to demonstrate the safe and permanent storage of CO2. The Greensand…