DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that it is breaking ground on its new $30-million facility that will produce a range of materials to advance applications for electrification and lightweighting in support of growing demand for its automotive adhesives. The new facility…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sweetwater Energy, Inc. (Rochester N.Y.) regarding the use of sustainably sourced agricultural residues and woody biomass as a feedstock for producing cellulosic alcohols and energy-dense…
Heliogen, Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.) and Bloom Energy Corp. (San Jose, Calif.) announced the generation of green hydrogen by integrating the companies’ technologies – Heliogen’s concentrated solar energy system and the Bloom Electrolyzer. The successful demonstration in Lancaster, California produced hydrogen…
Technip Energies (Paris) and PETRONAS (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) have signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) establishing a strategic collaboration framework for the further development and commercialization of carbon capture technologies. These include PETRONAS’ Rotating Pack Bed assisted cryogenic CO2 recovery…
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Newport Beach, Calif.) and bp plc (London) announced that their renewable natural gas (RNG) joint venture will build on previously announced plans to finance and develop new projects at dairy farms, starting in the Midwest. Located…
ORLEN Południe, an ORLEN Group company, has brought onstream Poland’s first and Europe’s largest green propylene glycol production unit at its biorefinery in Trzebinia. The unit has a capacity of 30,000 tons per year, enough to cover as much as…
Shell New Energies NL BV (Shell) and RWE AG (Essen, Germany) intend to jointly advance projects for the production, use and distribution of green hydrogen as well as further options to decarbonize RWE gas and biomass-fired power plants in northwest…
Phillips 66 (Houston) announced plans to convert its Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, La., to a terminal facility. The conversion is expected to take place in 2022. “We made this decision after exploring several options and considering the investment needed…
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) have signed an investment agreement worth $6.2 billion to expand their Borouge joint venture (JV) by building the fourth Borouge facility – Borouge 4 – at the…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) announced it will build a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Mebane, N.C. The site is part of a recently announced co-investment with the U.S. government – a $192.5 million contract in coordination with the U.S.…