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BASF secures supply of bio-based BDO from Cargill-Helm JV

BASF SE (Lugwigshafen, Germany) is obtaining long-term access to QIRA bio-based 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from Qore LLC (Qore), a joint venture of Cargill and HELM AG. BASF and Qore have concluded an agreement to this effect. Qore will produce the bio-based…

TotalEnergies to construct new plastics recycling unit at Grandpuits site

TotalEnergies SE (Paris) has announced the building of a new mechanical recycling unit for plastic waste at its Grandpuits site southeast of Paris. This new investment follows those announced in June 2023 — the doubling of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)…

Toray and Honda jointly validating chemical recycling of nylon 6

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) signed an agreement with Honda Motor Co., Ltd., to jointly develop a chemical recycling technology for glass-fiber reinforced nylon 6 parts recovered from end-of-life vehicles. The two have begun verifying this technology, which entails depolymerizing with…

Mitsubishi Power launches production at Takasago Hydrogen Park

Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has announced that Takasago Hydrogen Park, the world's first integrated hydrogen validation facility, has entered full-scale operation. The park is located at MHI's Takasago Machinery Works in Hyogo…

LanzaJet and Technip Energies strengthen collaboration supporting SAF projects

LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, and Technip Energies (Paris) announced an agreement to strengthen their exclusive collaboration to support the global deployment of the LanzaJet Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) Process technology. LanzaJet will continue to integrate…

Verdagy to manufacture hydrogen electrolyzers at new facility in Silicon Valley

Advanced water electrolysis expert  Verdagy  (MossLanding, Calif.) announced its new facility opening in Newark, California, with more than 100,000 sq. ft. of advanced manufacturing space. Verdagy’s Silicon Valley factory will be the first to manufacture advanced water electrolyzers in large…

KBR’s hydrogen technology selected for the world’s first commercial ammonia-cracking unit by Hanwha Impact

KBR, Inc. (Houston) has been awarded a license and engineering design contract by Hanwha Impact Corp, for the world's first commercial ammonia cracking unit using KBR's leading H2ACT technology in Daesan, Republic of Korea. In this largest capacity ammonia cracking…

PT Pertamina chooses Topsoe SAF technology at Cilacap facility in Indonesia

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has been selected by PT KPI as a technology licensor to provide its HydroFlex technology for the production of renewable fuels at the Cilacap Refinery Complex in Central Java, Indonesia. Once complete, the grassroot unit will use Topsoe’s…

OCI Global enters into green hydrogen supply agreement with New Fortress Energy for green ammonia production in Texas

OCI Global N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced an agreement to offtake green hydrogen from New Fortress Energy Inc.’s (NFE) (NASDAQ: NFE) ZeroParks beginning in 2025, following a competitive bidding process. The agreement will allow OCI Global to significantly scale up…

Evonik cooperates with Remondis on sustainable polyurethane recycling

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is one step closer to its goal of closing the material cycle in the polyurethane industry. The company has joined forces with the Remondis Group, one of the world's leading recycling companies to secure the…