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New initiative aims to demonstrate efficient manufacturing technologies for fiber-based products

  The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT; Espoo, Finland; www.vttresearch.com) announces a new initiative to address the challenges of energy and resource consumption in the forestry and textile industry. The goal of the Energy First initiative is to…

Infinium and Borealis partnering on CO2-based polyolefins production

 Infinium (Sacramento, Calif.) and Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) have entered into an agreement to enable the production of low-carbon-footprint plastics generated from waste carbon dioxide  emissions that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. These plastics, known as polyolefins, are…

Thyssenkrupp Steel and BlueScope collaborating on carbon-neutral steel production

thyssenkrupp Steel Europe (Duisburg, Germany) is scaling up its research activities in the field of low-carbon steel production to include a cooperation with BlueScope Steel. The focus of this cooperation is on the smelting units, which form a core component…

LanzaTech announces a new project for SAF technology platform

LanzaTech Global Inc. (Chicago, Ill.; www.lanzatech.com), the carbon recycling company transforming waste carbon into sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials, and LanzaJet, Inc., a leading sustainable fuels technology company and fuels producer, recently announced a new project with Australia’s Wagner Sustainable…

Neste expands chemical recycling logistics infrastructure at its Porvoo refinery

Neste (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) is expanding its logistics infrastructure for liquefied recycled raw materials at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland, including materials such as liquefied waste plastic and liquefied rubber tires. This lays the foundation to handling larger amounts of…

Panasonic Energy licenses GEMX platform for cathode active material in Li-ion batteries

  CAMX Power LLC (Lexington, Mass.; www.camxpower.com) and Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. (www.panosonic.com/global/energy), a Panasonic Group Company, announced today that Panasonic Energy has taken a license from CAMX to the latest GEMX® platform of cathode active material for lithium-ion batteries.…

Next Hydrogen to supply electrolysis technology for University of Minnesota’s West Central Research and Outreach Center

Next Hydrogen Solutions Inc. (Mississauga, Ont.) a designer and manufacturer of electrolyzers, has been awarded a contract by the University of Minnesota (UMN) for its latest generation electrolysis technology to be installed at the UMN West Central Research and Outreach…

Covestro to supply bio-based MDI for Carlisle Construction Chemicals

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) and Carlisle Construction Materials (Carlisle) are collaborating to bring bio-circular products to the construction industry. Covestro will supply Carlisle with methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) that is based on ISCC PLUS certified mass balanced bio-circular raw materials…

Topsoe chosen as technology provider for Holborn’s Hamburg renewable fuels refinery

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has signed an agreement with HOLBORN Europa Raffinerie GmbH (HOLBORN), to provide its HydroFlex technology for the production of SAF and renewable diesel at its plant in Hamburg. HOLBORN is a successful oil refinery that supplies…

Saipem receives certifications for qualification of subsea hydrogen pipelines

Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) has obtained from RINA, the multinational inspection, certification and engineering consultancy group, two significant certifications for the performance qualification methodology of materials used in the construction of subsea pipelines for the transportation of gaseous…