Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) has entered into a license agreement with Mura Technology, Ltd. pertaining to a process (HydroPRS) for manufacturing raw materials (regenerated oils) for chemical products from plastic wastes. MCC is continuing to consider the conversion of…
TotalEnergies (Paris) announced the launch of the e-CO2Met project at the Hydrogen Lab Leuna together with the electrolyzer manufacturer Sunfire, the Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes CBP and the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS. Methanol can…
Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) has signed an agreement with Renasci Oostende Recycling NV to acquire the entire chemically recycled feedstock output from its high-tech recycling center in Oostende, Belgium. With the projected 20,000-ton/yr output delivered to Borealis, this agreement…
Waste-management specialist Indaver (Mechelen, Belgium) and INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) announced the first production of “ABrS” — Acylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) in which the styrene component is based on recycled feedstock. The production of ABrS is a significant milestone in…
Avient Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) is collaborating with Oceanworks to help customers incorporate recycled ocean plastics in their products. Recycled ocean and ocean-bound plastics are those recovered from the ocean, waterways, and ocean-bound collection zones within 50 km of a coastline.…
As part of its efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2035, Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) is aiming for 100% renewable electricity use globally by 2023. In order to proceed with this target, Neste will increase the use of renewable electricity…
Aemetis, Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.) signed a biofuels offtake agreement with international renewable fuels supplier Murex, LLC for an estimated $200 million of low-carbon biofuels to be delivered during 2021 to 2023. Founded 30 years ago and based in Plano, Texas,…
Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) is collaborating with Blue Planet Ltd. (Los Gatos, Calif.) on the further development and optimization of Blue Planet’s innovative carbon mineralization process for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) solutions. The ground-breaking process will leverage Sulzer’s…
GE Renewable Energy and LafargeHolcim announced an MOU to explore circular economy solutions to utilize materials from decommissioned wind turbines. Building on LafargeHolcim’s 10+ years of experience in recovering energy from wind turbine blades, the companies are exploring new ways…
Renewable energy provider Axpo Holding AG (Baden, Switzerland) and ABB, Inc. (Zurich, Switzerland) are joining forces to explore a series of synergies for the development of green hydrogen in Italy. In a letter of intent (LOI), the two companies commit…