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Conagen and Sumitomo Chemical jointly develop new biosynthetic polymers

Conagen, the bioplatform innovator and biomanufacturer, and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) have announced to jointly develop p-hydroxystyrene (HS) and its polymer, poly p-hydroxystyrene (PHS), using a combination of biosynthesis, chemosynthesis, and polymerization. The monomer and the polymer are 100% renewable…

Technip Energies and Enerkem join forces on waste-to-biofuels and circular chemicals technologies

Technip Energies (Paris) and Enerkem Inc. (Montréal, Québec, Canada) have signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into a Collaboration Agreement aimed at accelerating the deployment of Enerkem’s technology platform for biofuels and circular chemical products from non-recyclable waste materials.…

IFC and Técnicas Reunidas to collaborate on decarbonization initiatives in Eastern Europe

Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank, to help accelerate the decarbonization of Eastern European economies. The collaboration seeks to facilitate the transition to…

Andritz awarded FEED contract for large-scale green-hydrogen project in Finland

Koppö Energia of Finland has selected international technology group Andritz (Graz, Austria) to perform the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for a large-scale plant to produce green hydrogen. This order is a milestone in Andritz’s strategy to become a leading industrial…

Saipem working with Stockholm Exergi on large-scale CO2-capture plant

Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) and Stockholm Exergi, the district of Stockholm’s energy company, have signed a Letter of Intent for a large-scale CO2 capture plant to be installed at Stockholm Exergi’s existing bio-cogeneration plant located in the Swedish…

New catalyst for renewable-fuels production launched by Grace and Chevron

Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART), a joint venture of Chevron Corp. and specialty chemicals leader W. R. Grace & Co. (Grace), have launched Endeavor, a hydroprocessing catalyst solution to produce renewable diesel (RD) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from 100%…

Ecaru, Qalaa Holdings and Axens to collaborate on renewable fuels projects in Egypt

Within the framework of their strategy to provide practical solutions for cleaner energy, ECARU (Egyptian Company for Solid Waste Recycling), Qalaa Holdings, and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) signed a cooperation protocol to carry out technical and economic studies for a project…

Sabic launches pilot blockchain project to advance emissions tracking and reductions across value chains

SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) has launched a pilot project with Circularise, a blockchain software provider, to evaluate the use of their technology in tracing the carbon footprint of specific material streams from end to end.  Generating and reporting Scope 3…

Koch Modular launches carbon capture demonstration system

Koch Modular (Houston) is launching a new Carbon Capture Demonstration Scale System, aptly named Project Enterprise. This project represents a significant milestone in the advancement of carbon capture technology, and it is poised to achieve a remarkable reduction in carbon…

Gevo and McDermott to collaborate on sustainable aviation fuel facilities

McDermott International Inc. (Houston) has secured a master services agreement (MSA) from Gevo, Inc. (Inglewood, Colo.), to provide front end engineering and early planning services for Gevo's development of multiple sustainable aviation fuel facilities in North America. The first facility,…