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ExxonMobil signs renewable-diesel purchase agreement with Global Clean Energy

ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) has signed an agreement with Global Clean Energy Holdings to purchase 2.5 million barrels of renewable diesel per year for five years from a converted California refinery starting in 2022. The renewable diesel will be sourced…

Hyundai and Jemena ink green-hydrogen supply deal in Australia

Energy infrastructure company Jemena (Melbourne, Australia) signed a new deal to supply Australia’s emerging zero emission vehicle industry with renewably generated green hydrogen. Jemena has committed, through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hyundai Australia and Coregas, to produce and…

Petrofac and Storegga sign MOU for CCUS, hydrogen projects

Petrofac Ltd. (St. Helier, U.K.)  has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with independent clean-energy specialist, Storegga Geotechnologies. The MOU builds new energy capability and capacity in the UK and represents a significant strategic step in Petrofac’s continued expansion into…

Messer joins European Clean Hydrogen Alliance

Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) has joined the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance, where it will bring its extensive expertise in industrial gases to bear on the efficient and effective deployment of green hydrogen with partners across Europe. Stefan Messer,…

Ineos Styrolution and Recycling Technologies to collaborate on polystyrene recycling

INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) and Recycling Technologies, a specialist plastic recycling technology provider announced the signing of a joint development agreement (JDA) to further advance the development of recycling of polystyrene in Europe. Both companies share the same goals to…

Hydrogen-energy test facility to launch in U.K.

National Grid Group PLC (London) is partnering with Northern Gas Networks (NGN) and Fluxys Belgium to build a first of its kind offline hydrogen test facility in the U.K., to understand how hydrogen gas could be used in the future…

Repsol begins production of aviation biofuels in Spain

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) has successfully completed the production of the Spanish market’s first batch of aviation biofuels. This milestone enables the Company to advance in the production of low-carbon fuels for industries such as aviation, where alternatives like electrification…

Neometals and SMS form LIB-recycling joint venture

Project development company Neometals Ltd. (West Perth, Australia) and SMS group GmbH (Düsseldorf, Germany) have announced the creation of a 50:50 joint venture. The new company will be known as Primobius GmbH (www.primobius.com). The object of this enterprise is the…

Velocys delivers four bioreactors to Red Rock Biofuels’ plant in Oregon

Velocys plc (Oxford, U.K.) has completed the manufacturing and delivery of four reactors to Red Rock Biofuels (RRB) for the company's biomass-to-fuels facility. RRB has a further option to purchase an additional two reactors by the end of 2020. Henrik…

Henkel enhances packaging-recyclability assessment tool

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany) has further advanced its software tool EasyD4R — next to the recyclability of plastic packaging it now also allows to quickly and accurately assess the recyclability of packaging made of paper/cardboard, glass, aluminum…