AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has invested in a new production line for water-based texture paints at its Songjiang site in Shanghai, China – boosting capacity for supplying more sustainable products. The site is one of four water-based decorative paints plants…
PTT Global Chemical PLC (PTTGC; Bangkok, Thailand) announced that PTTGC America (GCA) and the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to locate a new recycling complex on SWACO property. GCA, the U.S.…
PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) has secured the European Commission’s clearance of its intended merger with the LOTOS Group (Gdańsk, Poland). Closing an important phase of the merger process, the antitrust clearance marks a leap forward in building a strong multi-utility…
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.) is supporting Mercury renewables in its development of one of Ireland’s first co-located onshore wind farm and hydrogen electrolysis plants. A 75-megawatt wind farm will power an electrolyzer plant generating green hydrogen. Black &…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that its Mining & Metals business was awarded a contract to perform engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) for Iluka Resources Limited’s Eneabba project, a fully integrated rare earths refinery in Eneabba, Western Australia. Fluor…
Power-to-Liquids technologies are on their way to commercialization in scale. E-fuels offer a way to expand the carbon-neutral transport fuel pool beyond biomass-based renewable fuels to replace fossil fuels in existing internal combustion engines. The end product is a transportation…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for April 2022 (most recent available) maintains the upward trajectory of the index that has been observed since late 2020, with the latest value once again higher than the previous…
Tata Chemicals Europe opened the U.K.'s first industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant today, signalling a key milestone in the race to meet the UK's net zero targets. The £20 million investment has been completed by U.K.-based Tata Chemicals…
Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.) has successfully started operation at its new precision fermentation plant in Barra Bonita, Brazil. The greenfield site at Barra Bonita establishes Amyris as the leading manufacturer of highly engineered organisms at industrial scale. The first of…
Everfuel A/S (Herning, Denmark) and Greenstat ASA (Bergen, Norway) announced the award a grant of NOK 148 million (around $15 million) from Enova to support the development of the Hydrogen Hub Agder. The hub includes the construction of a 20-MW…