Bp plc (London) has agreed to acquire Bunge’s 50% holding interest in its bp Bunge Bioenergia S.A. joint venture (JV), one of Brazil’s leading biofuels-producing companies. Upon completion, bp will become sole owner of the industrial scale sugarcane and ethanol…
Synhelion S.A. (Lugano, Switzerland) inaugurated the world’s first industrial-scale plant to produce synthetic fuels using solar heat in Jülich, Germany. By inaugurating DAWN, Synhelion proves that the technology to produce solar fuels is ready for large scaling. The renewable fuels…
Encina Development Group, LLC (Encina), a manufacturer of ISCC PLUS certified circular chemicals, and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced a long-term supply agreement for chemically recycled circular benzene derived from post-consumer end-of-life plastics. The agreement marks a pivotal moment in…
Hindalco Industries Ltd., a global leader in aluminum and copper, and a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, has awarded Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) an order for the delivery of a large integrated electronic waste recycling process to be…
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has opened a 1,000-ft2 hydrogen testing lab in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The lab space gives Trelleborg the capacity to expand its existing and future hydrogen testing capabilities. The development is part of Trelleborg’s strategic goal to be…
ENEOS Corp. (Tokyo) and Mitsubishi Corp. (MC; Tokyo) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to perform a joint study on the implementation of hydrogen and decarbonized fuels, which expands the ongoing joint feasibility study in the area…
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark), ABB (Zurich, Switzerland) and Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) have formed an alliance to design a standardized concept for building Topsoe’s next Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOEC) factory. The aim is to continuously develop processes to reduce…
INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC announced groundbreaking on INEOS Hickerson Solar, a new 310-megawatt solar project located in Bosque County, Texas, USA. This significant milestone follows the recently signed renewable power purchase agreement with NextEra…
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC; Tokyo) announced that it has begun producing bio-methanol at a just-completed facility within the company’s Niigata Plant, becoming first producer of bio-methanol from digester gas in Japan. To commemorate this landmark achievement, MGC held…
Dow (Midland, Mich.) announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Circulus, a leading recycler of plastic waste into post-consumer resin (PCR). This transaction includes two facilities, one in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and another in Arab, Alabama, with a total capacity…