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POET acquires Flint Hills Resources’ biofuel business

POET, LLC (Sioux Falls, S.D.), the world’s largest producer of biofuels, has acquired the bioethanol assets of Flint Hills Resources, LLC (Wichita, Kan.) in their entirety, expanding the company’s production capacity by 40%. POET is a world leader in green…

Maire Tecnimont’s NextChem group awarded FEED contract for TotalEnergies’ new SAF plant

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary NextChem has been awarded a contract by TotalEnergies to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) and supply its technological know-how to implement a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) plant in Grandpuits, France, capable of processing 400,000 metric tons per…

Technip Energies and Agilyx collaborate to scale up polystyrene recycling

Technip Energies (Paris) announced today the initiation of an agreement with Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS, and pioneer in the advanced recycling of post-use plastics. This collaboration aims to accelerate the implementation of Agilyx’s…

Sibur and Linde to launch CO2-recycling project

SIBUR-Neftekhim and Linde Gas Rus (both located in Dzerzhinsk, Russia) signed an agreement to launch a recycling project focusing on the carbon dioxide (CO2) generated as a by-product at SIBUR’s facility. The project is an integral part of SIBUR’s sustainable…

In Italy, Solvay will power four sites using green electricity

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has signed a 10-year Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Falck Renewables S.p.A for the development of a solar project in the region of Puglia, Italy. The new solar plant project will have a capacity of…

Avantium announces world’s first road test using lignin-based asphalt

Infrastructure company Roelofs has begun the construction of the world’s first test road made from bio-asphalt using lignin produced by Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam. The Netherlands). The fully plant-based lignin is used as a substitute for bitumen in asphalt, which is…

Eni and Progressive Energy sign framework agreement for Liverpool Bay CCS project

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and Progressive Energy Limited have announced the signing of a framework agreement to further accelerate carbon capture and storage (CCS) within the HyNet North West low carbon cluster project. Under the agreement, Eni will develop and…

BASF and Mitsui collaborate to commercialize chemical recycling in Japan

BASF Japan and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) have started a collaborative study to promote chemical recycling in Japan. Through cooperation across the value chain, BASF and Mitsui Chemicals will evaluate collaborative business models and various options to commercialize chemical recycling…

Elkem invests in infrastructure improvements to reduce emissions at Rana site

Elkem (Oslo, Norway) announced NOK 140 million (around $17 million) in investments in new infrastructure at its production site in Rana, Norway, enabling usage of wood chips as biocarbon. In addition, an improved charging and water handling system contributes to…

Linde Engineering to install CO2-capture pilot plant in Springfield, Ill.

Linde Engineering Americas (LEA) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to install and test a 200-ton/day CO2 capture large pilot plant at the City Water, Light & Power (CWLP) power plant in…