Microsoft is establishing a new cloud region in Sweden that will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy and be among the most sustainably designed and operated in the world. Microsoft has selected Preem AB’s (Stockholm, Sweden) to be a…
NatureWorks LLC (Minnetonka, Minn.) announced the completion of key milestones in their global manufacturing expansion plan for a new fully integrated Ingeo polylactic acid (PLA) production facility that is anticipated to open in Thailand by 2024, subject to shareholder approval.…
POET, LLC (Sioux Falls, S.D.), the world’s largest producer of biofuels, has acquired the bioethanol assets of Flint Hills Resources, LLC (Wichita, Kan.) in their entirety, expanding the company’s production capacity by 40%. POET is a world leader in green…
Air Liquide (Paris, France) and PAO Severstal, one of the leading steel producers, have signed a new long-term contract for the supply of oxygen to the Severstal CherMK site in Russia. Air Liquide will invest around €60 million in the…
Nano One Materials Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) and Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) announced a joint development agreement. Under this agreement the companies will co-develop next generation products and processes for Johnson Matthey’s eLNO family of nickel-rich advanced cathode materials using…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary NextChem has been awarded a contract by TotalEnergies to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) and supply its technological know-how to implement a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) plant in Grandpuits, France, capable of processing 400,000 metric tons per…
Technip Energies (Paris) announced today the initiation of an agreement with Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS, and pioneer in the advanced recycling of post-use plastics. This collaboration aims to accelerate the implementation of Agilyx’s…
The Chemours Company (Wilmington, Del.) has announces a series of leadership transitions effective July 1, 2021. Mark Newman, the company’s current Chief Operating Officer, will become President and Chief Executive Officer of Chemours, succeeding Mark Vergnano, who has served as…
SK Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it is the lead investor in the latest round of funding for Monolith Materials (Lincoln, Neb.), a U.S.-based leader in green hydrogen technologies. The investment will support expansion of Monolith’s green hydrogen production…
SIBUR-Neftekhim and Linde Gas Rus (both located in Dzerzhinsk, Russia) signed an agreement to launch a recycling project focusing on the carbon dioxide (CO2) generated as a by-product at SIBUR’s facility. The project is an integral part of SIBUR’s sustainable…