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Strategic Biofuels announces plans for $700-million renewable fuels plant in Louisiana

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and CEO Paul Schubert of Strategic Biofuels LLC announced that the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Louisiana Green Fuels, plans to develop a renewable diesel plant near the Caldwell Parish seat of Columbia, Louisiana. Situated on…

Mitsui Chemicals and IBM working on blockchain-based platform for plastics circularity

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) and IBM Japan, Ltd. (Tokyo) announced plans to start working together on a resource circulation platform that utilizes blockchain technology. The aim through this is to ensure the traceability of materials – a hurdle to clear…

Aemetis selects Axens technology for California renewable fuels plant

Aemetis, Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.) has selected Axens’ (Rueil-Malmaison, France) Vegan Renewable Hydroprocessing technology for its “Carbon Zero 1” production plant in Riverbank, California. The Axens scope will include technology license, basic engineering, catalyst supply, and proprietary equipment for the conversion…

First commercial application for new waste-to-hydrogen technology announced in California

OMNI Conversion Technologies Inc. (OMNI CT; Ottawa, Ont., Canada) announced the first sale of its novel waste-to-hydrogen technology product. The Larsen and Lam Climate Initiative, a foundation backed by philanthropists Chris Larsen and Lyna Lam, has committed $35 million to…

Phillips 66 signs MOU with Southwest Airlines to commercialize sustainable aviation fuel

Phillips 66 (Houston) and Southwest Airlines have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the commercialization of sustainable aviation fuel, focusing on public awareness and research and development. The memorandum of understanding also sets the framework to explore a future…

Teijin, JGC and Itochu to collaborate on chemical recycling of polyester textiles

Teijin Ltd. (Toyko) , JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan) and Itochu Corp. (Tokyo) have signed a joint agreement on the license of polyester chemical recycling technology from discarded polyester textile products. In the fiber and textile industry, there is an urgent…

Ineos advanced recycling units in Texas and California awarded ISCC PLUS certification

INEOS (London, U.K.) announced that its manufacturing sites in Texas and California have been awarded ISCC PLUS certification from ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification). This certification supports recent successful, commercial-scale trials of Advanced Recycling technology for the production of…

Dow and Mura Technology form partnership to scale up advanced plastics recycling

Dow (Midland, Mich.) and Mura Technology, Ltd., the global pioneer of an advanced plastic recycling solution, announced a partnership to help keep plastic waste out of the environment. The collaboration will support the rapid scaling of Mura’s new HydroPRS (Hydrothermal…

ACC issues policy recommendations on GHG emissions

The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) today issued a set of policy recommendations to enable dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The plan is built around three imperatives – developing and deploying clean manufacturing technologies, pricing carbon,…

Kick-off to decarbonizing ammonia production: thyssenkrupp awarded green hydrogen plant by CF Industries

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany) has entered into an engineering and supply contract with CF Industries, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.; www.cfindustries.com) to deliver a green hydrogen plant for the production of green ammonia at the Donaldsonville manufacturing complex in Louisiana.…