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SK Geo Centric introduces a blockchain-based management platform for recycled plastics

SK geo centric (SKGC; Seoul, South Korea) has introduced Korea’s first platform utilizing “blockchain technology” for recording and tracking the history of recycled plastic materials. By leveraging the tamper-proof nature of blockchain, it aims to ensure that customers can rest assured…

Black & Veatch launches front-end work for DG Fuels SAF project in Louisiana

Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.) and DG Fuels LLC – an emerging leader in cellulosic drop-in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) – announced they signed and began a binding agreement for Black & Veatch to perform a front-end loading (FEL-3)…

Sasol and Topsoe forming JV for SAF production

 Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) have signed a landmark agreement to establish a 50/50 joint venture (subject to approval by relevant authorities), solidifying their commitment to produce sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and contribute to global…

Thyssenkrupp nucera to supply electrolyzers for green hydrogen project in North America

Thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany) has signed an agreement for a North American project, under which a company has contractually secured the supply of the standardized 20 MW “scalum” electrolysis modules with a total installed capacity in…

Neste and other leading energy companies in Finland join forces to develop an industrial hydrogen valley

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) , Gasgrid Finland Ltd, Helen Ltd, and Vantaa Energy Ltd have in collaboration started preliminary studies on the development of an industrial hydrogen valley in the Uusimaa region, Finland. This joint effort is a step forward…

TotalEnergies to supply certified sustainable biomethane to Saint-Gobain

TotalEnergies (Paris) has signed a 100 GW biomethane purchase agreement with Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) for a three-year period starting in 2024. The biomethane will be produced by TotalEnergies at its BioBéarn biomethane plant, which came on stream at the…

Södra and Lenzing receive largest E.U. LIFE subsidy for recycling project

The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria) and Swedish pulp producer Södra (Växjö, Sweden; www.sodra.com) are embarking on a major circular project related to textile recycling. The project will be supported by an EU subsidy of EUR 10 million as part of…

KBR awarded feasibility study to support “green” refinery in Oklahoma

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced it has been awarded a feasibility study contract by Southern Rock Energy Partners to support the development of a first-of-its-kind refinery in Cushing, Oklahoma. Southern Rock's proposed 250,000-bpd refinery will be powered by solar, wind, waste…

LyondellBasell and AFA Nord form JV focused on recycling packaging materials

 LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and AFA Nord, a leading recycler of agricultural film, have agreed to create a 50:50 joint venture (JV) that intends to recycle post commercial flexible secondary packaging waste. The joint venture company, LMF Nord…

Polystyvert constructing commercial polystyrene-recycling plant in Canada

Polystyvert Inc. (Montreal, Queb., Canada) announces the construction of its first full-scale commercial plant to produce recycled polystyrene in Greater Montreal. Representing an investment of $40 million, this plant will recycle 9,000 tons of post-consumer and post-industrial polystyrene waste annually,…