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BASF signs agreements with New Energy for uptake of pyrolysis oil derived from waste tires

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) signed an uptake supply agreement with New Energy, a technology company specialized in the pyrolysis of waste tires, headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. According to the agreement, New Energy will supply BASF with up to 4,000 metric…

Cummins to install largest electrolyzer in the U.S. for green H2 production in Washington state

Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.) will provide its 5-megawatt proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer to enable renewable energy for the Douglas County Public Utility District (Douglas County PUD) in Washington state. The Cummins electrolyzer will be dedicated to producing hydrogen from…

Stora Enso to build pilot plant for bio-based packaging foam

Stora Enso Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) will build a pilot facility for producing Cellufoam by Stora Enso, a lightweight, fiber-based foam material for protective packaging and cushioning. Bio-based foams are renewable and recyclable and can be used in packaging, for example,…

Haldor Topsoe joins large-scale green-hydrogen project in Denmark

Haldor Topsoe (Lyngby, Denmark) announced that is has joined an ambitious sustainable fuels project in Denmark. The project aims to develop a ground-breaking hydrogen and sustainable fuel facility based on electrolysis in the Greater Copenhagen Area. The project is expected…

Significant progress toward hydrogen-compatible microturbines

Capstone Turbine Corporation (Van Nuys, Calif.) announced that through a collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, it has achieved significant progress in the development of a hydrogen-operable microturbine product. Development testing performed at Argonne demonstrates that…

New Occidental-backed development firm to deploy direct-air carbon capture

Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary of Occidental, and Rusheen Capital Management, a private equity firm, have formed a development company, 1PointFive, to finance and deploy Carbon Engineering’s large-scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology for carbon capture, utilization &…

BP, Aria Energy and Republic Services start up renewable natural-gas project in Tennessee

Republic Services Inc., and energy partners Aria Energy and bp plc (London), announced the startup of a landfill-gas-to-renewable-natural-gas (RNG) project at South Shelby Landfill near Memphis, Tennessee. The project directly supports Republic's commitment to send 50 percent more landfill gas…

Gevo and Praj to commercialize sustainable aviation fuel in India

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) and Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India) have signed a binding, definitive Master Framework Agreement (MFA) to collaborate on providing renewable, low carbon, low particulate, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and renewable premium gasoline in India and neighboring…

Siemens Energy signs green-hydrogen agreement with China Power

Siemens Energy and Beijing Green Hydrogen Technology Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Power International Development Ltd. (China Power), signed an agreement on providing a hydrogen production system for a hydrogen fueling station. Located in Yanqing District, Beijing, one…

PPG and Berkeley National Lab receive DOE funding for sustainable coatings development

PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) for a research initiative aimed at developing energy-efficient coatings systems for the automotive industry. The PPG project – “Modeling Coating Flow and…