Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (Monterrey, Mexico) announced that through CEMEX Ventures, its Corporate Venture Capital unit, it has signed an agreement with Carbon Clean (London, U.K.), a leader in low-cost modular carbon dioxide capture and separation technology, aimed at developing…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and Siemens Energy commissioned a pilot plant sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) that uses carbon dioxide and water to produce chemicals. The necessary energy is supplied by electricity from…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is to invest €16 million into Pyrum Innovations AG, a technology company specialized in the pyrolysis of waste tires, headquartered in Dillingen/Saar, Germany. With the investment, BASF will support the expansion of Pyrum’s pyrolysis plant in…
Svante, Inc. (Burnaby, B.C., Canada;) has selected Kiewit Engineering Group Inc. to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for two DOE funded carbon capture projects. On September 1, the United States Department of Energy’s National Energy Laboratory Technology (DOE-NETL)…
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), a leading Indian Refining company based in Mangalore, is planning to install a second generation (2G) ethanol facility in the State of Karnataka, India. MRPL has awarded LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.) the contract to commence…
AmSty (The Woodands, Tex.), INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) and Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to jointly explore recycling options for polystyrene, underlining the companies’ commitment to a circular economy for polystyrene. This JDA represents the first…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced that it has developed a new grade of post-consumer recycled polystyrene, together with the German packaging manufacturer Fernholz. The latest Form Fill Seal (FFS) formulations incorporate 40% r-PS, depending on final application, thanks to Trinseo’s unique…
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS; Kawasaki, Japan), Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Tohoku Electric Power Network Co., Inc., Iwatani and Asahi Kasei Corp. will work together to develop green hydrogen technologies, with focus on further heightening system…
The Fashion for Good consortium has initiated “Full Circle Textiles Project: Scaling Innovations in Cellulosic Recycling” – a first-of-its-kind consortium project. As much as 73% of clothing produced is sent to landfill or is incinerated, and of all new clothing…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that it has launched a joint research project in pursuit of innovative technology to promote the recycling of plastic waste, working with Professor Takahashi Tsutomu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagaoka…