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BASF plans to construct the world’s largest industrial heat pump for CO2-free steam generation

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has received funding approval from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action for the construction of the world’s most powerful industrial heat pump. In the coming months, the company will therefore be able…

Cepsa and Sonatrach to collaborate on green hydrogen feasibility study

Cespa (Madrid, Spain) and Sonatrach (Algiers, Algeria) have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly carry out a feasibility study for the development of an integrated project for green hydrogen production and derivatives in Algeria, mainly aimed at supplying the…

Vianode inaugurates graphite anode manufacturing plant in Norway

Vianode, an advanced battery materials company providing anode graphite solutions, has officially opened its first full-scale Via ONE anode graphite production plant at Herøya, Norway. The production ramp-up represents a significant step in building a European value chain for batteries…

ABB Robotics and Molg partnering on datacenter e-waste handling

ABB Robotics is collaborating with U.S. startup Molg to create robotic microfactories to recover and recycle datacenter operators’ disused electronic equipment, commonly known as e-waste. With global e-waste projected to rise to 75 million tons by 2030, the microfactories will…

Thyssenkrupp wins engineering contract for one of the largest carbon-capture projects in Europe

Thyssenkrupp Polysius and TITAN Group signed  a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for the Carbon Capture Project IFESTOS in Athens, Greece. IFESTOS is one of the largest carbon capture projects in Europe, enabling the production of zero-carbon cement and concrete.…

BASF Agricultural Solutions manufacturing site in China is now fully run on renewable energy

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that its production site in Rudong, China has reduced CO2 emissions to zero (Scope 1 and 2) by modifying its existing site heating system from steam to electricity generated from renewable energy. As a result,…

Plug Power and Allied Green Ammonia sign agreement for 3 GW of electrolyzer supply in Australia

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) has signed a binding framework agreement with Allied Green Ammonia (AGA), an Australian company focused on green ammonia production, to finalize a supply agreement for three gigawatts (GW) of electrolyzer capacity to AGA’s green hydrogen…

Asahi Kasei and Aquafil to collaborate on new 3D-printing material based on polyamide waste and cellulose

Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aquafil S.p.A., an Italian manufacturer of polyamide 6 (PA6). The two companies agreed to develop a novel material for 3D printing (3DP) applications utilizing Aquafil’s ECONYL chemically recycled…

Accelera opens new electrolyzer factory in Spain

Accelera by Cummins, the zero-emissions business segment of Cummins Inc., today celebrated the opening of its new electrolyzer manufacturing plant in Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The sustainably designed facility is expected to create 150 highly skilled jobs in the region,…

Saint-Gobain’s Ceramics division achieves net-zero manufacturing at facility in Anaheim, California

Saint-Gobain North America, through its Ceramics division, has achieved net-zero carbon manufacturing (scopes 1 and 2) at its Surface Conditioning facility in Anaheim, Calif., reducing CO2 emissions by 80 tons compared to 2022 levels. Through this project, the Anaheim facility…