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Integrated power-to-fuel project underway in Europe

The Power-to-Fuel project, led by Liquid Wind (Gothenburg, Sweden; www.liquidwind.se), will establish commercial-scale renewable fuel facilities. The Consortium (consisting of Axpo, COWI, Carbon Clean Solutions, Haldor Topsoe, Nel Hydrogen and Siemens) will combine their expertise and technology to produce liquid,…

Falck Renewables and Eni execute strategic agreement for U.S. renewable-energy projects

Falck Renewables S.p.A. (Milan; Italy; www.falckrenewables.eu) and Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) have completed the strategic agreement for the joint development of renewable-energy projects in the United States, which was first announced on December 20, 2019. The agreement involves the…

Cross-industry collaboration to focus on major hydrogen network in Germany

Germany’s first publicly accessible hydrogen network is due to supply increasing quantities of green hydrogen (H2) to industrial companies in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia from late 2022 onwards. BP plc (London; www.bp.com), Evonik (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com), transmission system operator…

Clariant and Floreon-Transforming Packaging announce biopolymers collaboration

The Additives business of Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Floreon-Transforming Packaging Limited announced a new collaboration to further extend the performance properties and market potential of biopolymers, while preserving their environmental benefits. By integrating the benefits of Clariant’s additives…

Evonik announces breakthrough in fermentation-based collagen production

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) announced the development of an advanced collagen platform that is made via fermentation-based processes and devoid of animal- or human-derived materials. The recombinant technology will, for the first time, provide pharmaceutical, medical, cell culture…

Gevo installs wind turbines to power Minnesota production plant

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.; www.gevo.com) and partners Juhl Energy (Juhl) and Harrison Street Investors held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completed construction of two wind turbines that will supply up to 5.0 MW of fully renewable electricity to Gevo…

Neste strengthens renewable-material sourcing with U.S. acquisition

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) has agreed to acquire 100% of Mahoney Environmental (Mahoney), a collector and recycler of used cooking oil in the United States, and its affiliated entities. The transaction is subject to the fulfillment of customary closing…

DSM, Sabic and UPM Biofuels collaborate to create bio-based high-performance fibers

Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com), SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) and UPM Biofuels (Helsinki, Finland; www.upmbiofuels.com) announced a partnership that will help to reduce the environmental footprint of Dyneema, the world’s strongest fiber. The collaboration will see Dyneema…

SaltX makes progress on energy-storage pilot plant in China

SaltX Technology AB (Hägersten, Sweden; www.saltxtechnology.com) announced that its partner in China, Shuangliang Boiler Co. LTD (Shuangliang), has moved into the next phase of its pilot plant project. As part of the development work, design parameters have been set and a…

Borealis begins producing certified renewable polypropylene at two sites

Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) has started to produce polypropylene (PP) based on Neste-produced renewable feedstock in its production facilities in Kallo and Beringen, Belgium. This marks the first time that Borealis has replaced fossil-fuel-based feedstock in its large-scale commercial…