Sunfire has successfully installed the world's first multi-megawatt high-temperature electrolyzer for the production of green hydrogen at Neste's renewable products refinery in Rotterdam. Having met the refinery's highest quality requirements, Sunfire has now achieved mechanical completion of the electrolysis system.…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has acquired stakes in the BioTJet project, the aim of which is to build and operate the largest European Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production unit using the Fischer-Tropsch process, relying on the BioTfueL technology. This unit will…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) and LG Chem (Seoul, South Korea) have entered into a joint development agreement to develop bio-propylene for renewable chemicals using Gevo’s Ethanol-to-Olefins (ETO) technology. Gevo’s proprietary ETO technology can target carbon neutral or carbon negative drop-in…
Heidelberg Materials and Linde GmbH (Pullach, both Germany) have established a joint venture (JV) under the name Capture-to-Use (CAP2U) to build and operate a state-of-the-art carbon dioxide capture and liquefaction plant. The world's first industrial-scale carbon capture and utilization (CCU)…
Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., the Teijin Group’s fibers and products converting company, announced that it has developed a new foreign material removal technology to eliminate polyurethane (PU) elastomer fiber from discarded polyester apparel. The technology features a new processing agent…
Arkema SA (Colombes, France) has announced the successful commissioning of a new process at the Lacq/Mourenx site, which will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 28%, moving forward Arkema’s emissions reduction plan. Arkema's Lacq/Mourenx (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France) platform specializes in the…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its K-GreeN technology has been selected by Avina Clean Hydrogen for its green ammonia project in the U.S. Under the terms of the contracts, KBR will provide the process technology license and engineering design for…
Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) says that it has become the first manufacturer in the world to carry out a test production of flat glass using more than 30% hydrogen during Research & Development (R&D) trials at the Herzogenrath site in Germany.…
Global Bioenergies (Evry, France) has announced the launch of its second cosmetic ingredient, Isonaturane 16, a year after launching Isonaturane 12 at In-Cosmetics Paris. Isonaturane 12 is the natural version of isododecane, a twelve-carbon molecule obtained by assembling three naturally sourced…
HIF Global (Houston) and Idemitsu Kosan Co. (Tokyo) announced a strategic cooperation agreement to accelerate the production of carbon neutral eFuels. The HIF-Idemitsu strategic cooperation will focus on purchase of eFuels by Idemitsu from HIF eFuels facilities worldwide, co-investments in…