Mercedes-Benz opened Europe's first battery recycling plant with an integrated mechanical-hydrometallurgical process making it the first car manufacturer worldwide to close the battery recycling loop with its own in-house facility. The recycling plant in Kuppenheim, southern Germany, creates a genuine…
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI; San Antonio, Tex.) broke ground on a new 21,000-square-foot Clinical Supply Facility to support government and industry clients with integrated pharmaceutical and bioengineering research and development. “The new facility expands our bioengineering laboratory footprint and adds…
FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.) and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd (KHNP) announced that the two companies have agreed to jointly pursue hydrogen energy business initiatives and have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlining the possibilities. The…
Water solutions company Cadiz, Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.) and renewable energy developer RIC Energy (Madrid, Spain) have entered into an agreement to build California’s largest green-hydrogen facility at Cadiz Ranch in the Mojave Desert. Under the agreement, Cadiz will supply…
Sembcorp Industries (Singapore) through its wholly owned subsidiary, Sembcorp Utilities Pte. Ltd., and PT PLN Energi Primer Indonesia (PT PLN EPI), a sub-holding company of PT PLN (Persero), have entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) for a green hydrogen…
TotalEnergies (Paris) announced that it has broken ground on the Oakmulgee Dairy Farm renewable natural gas (RNG) project in Amelia Court House, Virginia, with its joint venture partner Vanguard Renewables, a portfolio company of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part…
Johnson Matthey plc (London) and Noya (Oakland, Calif.) have established a partnership to manufacture Noya’s proprietary sorbent, the filter at the heart of its cutting-edge direct air capture (DAC) approach. The Noya system provides clean water and grid services alongside…
Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) announced the official opening of its FDCA Flagship Plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The plant opening was officiated by Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, in the presence of (intern)national and local dignitaries, partners…
Bridgestone Americas (Nashville, Tenn.) announced it received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office. Bridgestone will design, build and operate a pilot plant that will advance an innovative, potentially more sustainable and cost-effective…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) and Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) have reached an agreement for the supply of renewable and recycled feedstocks for polymers and chemicals production. Braskem products based on these feedstocks are expected to be available on the…