Latest News: Sustainability
Haldor Topsoe and Sasol expand licensing collaboration for sustainable fuels and chemicals
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) and Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) have expanded their G2L collaboration to jointly license and develop their technologies for sustainable liquid fuels and chemicals production through Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology. Sasol and Topsøe currently offer integrated…
BP and Brightmark exploring development of plastic-waste renewal plants in Europe
Bp plc (London) and Brightmark LLC (San Francisco, Calif.) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly evaluate opportunities for development of the next generation of plastic-waste renewal plants in Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium. The MOU brings together…
Siemens Energy breaks ground in Chile on commercial-scale plant for producing CO2-neutral fuel
Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany) and sports car manufacturer Porsche have joined forces with a number of international companies to build an industrial plant for the production of virtually CO2-neutral fuel (eFuel) in Punta Arenas, Chile. The ground-breaking ceremony for…
Standard Lithium initiates Arkansas carbon capture project
Standard Lithium Ltd. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), an innovative technology and lithium project development company, announced that it is undertaking a pilot project in southern Arkansas to test a novel carbon capture technology. The pilot project will be undertaken in collaboration…
Tokuyama and Panasonic start demonstration project for fuel-cell generators using byproduct hydrogen
Tokuyama Corp. (Tokyo) and Panasonic Corp. (Osaka, Japan) announced that they have started demonstration work on pure hydrogen fuel cell generators that use byproduct hydrogen generated in Tokuyama's Tokuyama Factory in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The demonstration period is scheduled…
TotalEnergies and Air Liquide partner to develop low-carbon hydrogen production in Normandy
TotalEnergies and Air Liquide (both Paris) are joining forces to decarbonize hydrogen production at TotalEnergies’ Normandy platform in France. This project will enable in time for the supply to TotalEnergies by Air Liquide of low-carbon hydrogen by relying on Air…
Chevron and Enterprise Products to jointly explore U.S. carbon-capture opportunities
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.), through its Chevron New Energies division, and a subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Houston) announced a framework to study and evaluate opportunities for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) from their…
Carbon Clean providing technology for India’s first plant to capture CO2 for a blast furnace
India’s first carbon capture plant for a blast furnace has been successfully designed and commissioned for Tata Steel (Mumbai) by Carbon Clean (London), a leader in cost-effective carbon dioxide capture and separation technology. Carbon Clean’s technology is being demonstrated at…
LG Chem and ADM to collaborate on U.S. bioplastics production
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM; Chicago) announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore U.S.-based production of lactic acid to meet growing demand for a wide variety of plant-based products, including…
PureCycle announces partnership with Mitsui to develop ultra-pure recycled polypropylene plant in Japan
PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Orlando, Fla.) announced a signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mitsui & Co., Inc. (Tokyo) as a first step to developing and operating a recycling facility in Japan to transform polypropylene (PP) waste into Ultra-Pure Recycled Polypropylene (UPRP).…