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Honeywell announces DOE collaboration to develop hydrogen solutions for UAVs

Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that it has partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on a year-long collaboration to prototype and support the commercialization of a cartridge-based hydrogen fuel storage solution for…

Wastefront granted environmental permit for tire-recycling site at the Port of Sunderland

Wastefront (www.wastefront.com) has been granted an environmental permit for their flagship site at the Port of Sunderland. The decision was made Thursday 31 August 2023 by the Environment Agency and clears the way for the next stage in the process,…

RWE receives regulatory clearance to construct 200-MW green-hydrogen plant in Germany

RWE has announced that the GET H2 Nukleus hydrogen project has passed an important milestone. The relevant authority in Oldenburg has granted permission for the construction and operation of the first two 100-Megawatt (MW) electrolyzers on the site of the…

ABB selected as main electrical contractor for Avantium bioplastics facility

Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) is building a new plant that will support the transition to bio-based plastics to replace ones that rely on fossil-based raw materials. Located in Delfzijl, The Netherlands, the facility will use a novel technology that…

Pyran scales up bio-based 1,5 PDO availability

Pyran, Inc. (Madison, Wisc.) announced that it is expanding sales of 1,5-pentanediol (PDO) to select, pre-approved customers as it has achieved critical milestones necessary to begin operating its world-scale commercial plant for the product in 2026. After securing an additional…

Lummus and RWDC agree to accelerate and scale PHA production

Lummus Technology (Houston) and RWDC Industries, a biotechnology company developing biopolymer material solutions, announced a binding Joint Development and Commercial Cooperation Agreement (JDCCA) to rapidly expand manufacturing and global licensing of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). In April, Lummus and RWDC signed a…

Consortium plans to construct e-methanol plant on Korea’s Jeju Island

CARBONCO, a company specializing in decarbonization solutions established by DL E&C Co., Ltd, announced that it has signed an agreement with Jeju Energy Corporation, Gaoncell, and ThyssenKrupp to produce e-methanol (eco-friendly electricity-based methanol) using environmentally favorable energy sources — known…

Construction begins on world’s largest membrane-based carbon-capture plant

Membrane Technology and Research (MTR; Newark, Calif.) Carbon Capture announced it has commenced construction of a large pilot plant at the Wyoming Integrated Test Center (ITC) in Gillette, Wyoming. When operational in 2024, it will be the largest capture plant…

Saipem launches new CO2-capture technology for small and medium emitters

Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) has launched Bluenzyme, a pre-engineered line of CO2 capture solutions based on the proprietary enzymatic technology “CO2 Solutions by SAIPEM”, with the release of the first industrialized product, Bluenzyme 200, a ready-to-use package aimed…

Lummus launches new ethanol-to-SAF technology

Lummus Technology (Houston) announced the commercial availability of its ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) process technology. The technology provides operators with a large-scale, commercially demonstrated solution to reduce the aviation industry's greenhouse gas emissions. "Lummus' extensive commercial experience in…