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Maire awarded FEED contract for green ammonia plant in Norway

MAIRE (Rome, Italy) announced that Tecnimont (Integrated E&C Solutions business unit) has been awarded a front-end engineering design FEED contract by Fortescue, a global green technology, energy and metals company, for a green ammonia plant to be located in the Nordgulen fjord in Norway.  The scope…

Covestro and Encina reach an agreement for a long-term supply of circular raw materials

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) and Encina Development Group, LLC (Encina) reached a long-term supply agreement for chemically recycled, circular feedstock derived from post-consumer end-of-life plastic. Specifically, Encina will supply Covestro with benzene and toluene pending the completion of Encina's world-scale…

Solvay expands operations across recycling facilities in Europe to enhance circularity in fluegas treatment

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has announced capacity expansions at its Resolest and Solval units, specifically designed for recycling residues from the fluegas cleaning process using the market-leading SOLVAir solution. The rising demand for this advanced technology stems from the enforcement of…

Mitsui-Celanese JV commences production of methanol derived from CO2

Fairway Methanol LLC, a US-based 50-50 joint venture between Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) and Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.), has begun the production of methanol by using carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from plants surrounding the joint venture's facility. Fairway Methanol…

Newcleo and Maire to study nuclear technologies for hydrogen and chemicals production

newcleo (London), the clean and safe nuclear technology company developing innovative Generation IV LFR Small Modular Reactors and MOX fuel production, has signed an agreement with MAIRE S.p.A.’s subsidiaries NextChem Tech and Tecnimont to apply newcleo’s reactors to decarbonize the…

AkzoNobel joins consortium focused on sustainable inks and coatings

More than 82 companies, businesses and social organizations – including AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) – are involved in a major Dutch research program focused on developing new technologies that will help solve some of today’s societal challenges. Seven broad…

8 Rivers announces commercial deployment of its ultra-low-ccarbon H2 technology at ammonia plant in Texas

8 Rivers Capital, LLC (Durham. N.C.), a decarbonization technology developer, announced that it is developing the Cormorant Clean Energy Project, an ultra-low-carbon ammonia production facility in Port Arthur, Texas. The Cormorant project will be powered by 8 Rivers’ proprietary 8RH2…

Infinium and Mo Industrial Park to develop commercial eFuels project in Northern Norway

eFuels provider Infinium and Mo Industrial Park (Mo Industripark AS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop Norway’s first advanced eFuels production facility in Mo i Rana, Norway. Infinium eFuels are made using waste carbon dioxide (CO2) and renewable…

Equinor and Linde sign agreement on H2M Eemshaven hydrogen project

Equinor Energy AS (Stavanger, Norway) and Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) have signed a project development agreement to develop the H2M Eemshaven low carbon hydrogen project in the Netherlands as partners. Equinor will secure access to carbon transport and storage capacity…

BASF and Stena Recycling partner on recycling of electric vehicle batteries in Europe

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Stena Recycling, one of Europe´s leading recycling companies, offering comprehensive solutions in recycling and circular services, have entered into a black mass purchase agreement. This agreement is part of a broader collaboration envisaged by BASF…