Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) has achieved a groundbreaking sustainability milestone, with its Nairobi, Kenya manufacturing site now fully powered by 100% renewable electricity. This accomplishment marks a significant step forward for Henkel's sustainability efforts in the region, highlighting Kenya’s leadership…
Lummus Technology (Houston; www.lummustechnology.com) and Next Wave Energy Partners, LP (Houston; www.nextwaveenergy.com) announced the production of the world's first renewable alkylate. This renewable alkylate, derived from ethanol and produced through a series of Lummus' technologies, is a bio-based, low carbon…
HIF Global (Houston) announced its first project in Brazil, after signing a land reservation contract with Port of Açu, one of Brazil's main ports, to develop a facility to produce up to 800,000 tons per year of e-Methanol. Pursuant to…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, U.K.) has been awarded a three-year contract to operate and maintain the Freepoint Eco-Systems plant in Hebron, Ohio. The flagship facility spans 25 acres, utilizing a 260,000 square foot warehouse, making it one of the largest advanced…
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced up to $15 million in federal funding to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Specifically,…
Worley Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Liquid Wind (Gothenburg, Sweden) to provide design and engineering services for the development of the NorthStarH2 e-methanol facility in Östersund, Sweden. Worley previously was awarded a…
Woodland Biofuels Inc. (Toronto, Ont., Canada) announced a planned $1.35-billion investment at the Port of South Louisiana to establish what is said to be the world's largest carbon-negative renewable natural-gas plant and ultra-green hydrogen facility. Phase 1 of this project…
As part of their strategic cooperation in providing new renewable alternatives to fossil-based products, Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) and International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF; New York) announced successful completion of a market-entry-scale industrial polymer plant. The unit is capable of…
AE Elemental, a joint venture of U.S.-based Ascend Elements (Westborough, Mass.) and Poland-based Elemental Strategic Metals, announced the grand opening of its first commercial-scale EV battery recycling facility. Located in Zawiercie, Poland, the newly constructed facility can process 12,000 metric…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced the development of a new technology that chemically recycles shavings and waste lenses generated from the production and processing of the company's MR-brand ophthalmic lens materials so that they may be repurposed into MR ophthalmic…