Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) has acquired a minority stake in the German cleantech company Sunfire GmbH (Dresden, Germany; www.sunfire.de). Sunfire is a leading developer of high-temperature electrolysis technology. The company’s patented technology allows the production of renewable hydrogen as…
Equinor ASA (Stavanger, Norway; www.equinor.com) and Royal Dutch Shell (The Hague, the Netherlands; www.shell.com) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on digital collaboration to develop solutions and methods together through the exchange of expertise within data science, artificial intelligence and…
The Croatian oil and gas company INA has awarded Axens (Rueil Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) a license agreement to supply Futurol cellulosic ethanol technology and contract for basic engineering design of an advanced bioethanol production plant in Sisak, Croatia. Supplying INA…
Fortum Oy (Espoo, Finland; www.fortum.com/batterysolutions), BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com), and Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta Oy (Harjavalta, Finland; www.nornickel.fi) have signed a letter of intent to plan a battery recycling cluster in Harjavalta, Finland, serving the electric vehicle market. This would…
Total SA (Paris, France; www.total.com), through its affiliate Total Solar Distributed Generation, has signed a binding contract to provide 25 megawatt-peak (MWp) of solar rooftops for 24 facilities of one of the largest food companies in Thailand, Betagro. Each one…
DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS; www.consultdss.com) announced that it has acquired the assets of Lodestone Partners, a global consulting firm recognized for helping companies in the resource industry achieve sustainable improvements in operating performance. The acquisition, which was effective February 29,…
Muroran Institute of Technology and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan; www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp) will accelerate joint research on a new chemical recycling technology, which chemically decomposes waste plastics and reuses them as raw materials for petrochemical products, including plastics. In another joint…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.nouryon.com) and INEOS Nitriles have broken ground on new facilities to be built at INEOS’ Köln site in Germany. The units will produce raw materials for Nouryon’s high-quality, readily biodegradable chelates, used in detergents and other…
Voltalia (Paris, France; www.voltalia.com), an international player in renewable energies, has signed a power sale contract with Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br). This client, as well as other long-term clients previously secured, will be supplied by Voltalia’s Solar Serra do…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) released a model framework for industry-wide methane regulations and urged stakeholders, policymakers and governments to develop comprehensive, enhanced rules to reduce emissions in all phases of production. “ExxonMobil has been applying the principles of this…