Sustainability
Sasol, HH2E and DHL collaborating on SAF projects in East Germany
As part of the National Aviation Conference, Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa), DHL Group (Bonn, Germany) and HH2E (Hamburg, Germany) have signed an agreement for the setup of a joint initiative aimed at building potential production capacities for sustainable aviation…
Suez and Eramet to build EV battery-recycling center in Dunkirk, France
Eramet Group (Paris) and Suez (France) have announced Dunkirk, France as the location for their future industrial complex for recycling lithium-ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries. This project will enable the strategic metals used in batteries to be recycled in a…
Mitsui to invest in renewable diesel and SAF production business in Portugal
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) has agreed to invest in a renewable diesel (hydrotreated vegetable oil/HVO) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production business operated by Galp SGPS, S.A., Portugal's largest energy company. A joint venture company will be established once…
Técnicas Reunidas to begin first phase of work on green hydrogen and ammonia facilities in Australia
Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) and Allied Green Ammonia Pty. Ltd. have agreed to commence the first phases of a Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia production facilities at Northern Territory, Australia. The Basic Engineering Design (BED) and Front-End Engineering…
Li-Cycle and Glencore accelerate plans for European battery-recycling hub
Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (Toronto, Ont., Canada), a leading global lithium-ion battery resource recovery company, and Glencore International AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Glencore plc (London), a leading producer, recycler, and marketer of nickel and cobalt which is required for the…
BASF secures supply of bio-based BDO from Cargill-Helm JV
BASF SE (Lugwigshafen, Germany) is obtaining long-term access to QIRA bio-based 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from Qore LLC (Qore), a joint venture of Cargill and HELM AG. BASF and Qore have concluded an agreement to this effect. Qore will produce the bio-based…
TotalEnergies to construct new plastics recycling unit at Grandpuits site
TotalEnergies SE (Paris) has announced the building of a new mechanical recycling unit for plastic waste at its Grandpuits site southeast of Paris. This new investment follows those announced in June 2023 — the doubling of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)…
Toray and Honda jointly validating chemical recycling of nylon 6
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) signed an agreement with Honda Motor Co., Ltd., to jointly develop a chemical recycling technology for glass-fiber reinforced nylon 6 parts recovered from end-of-life vehicles. The two have begun verifying this technology, which entails depolymerizing with…
Mitsubishi Power launches production at Takasago Hydrogen Park
Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has announced that Takasago Hydrogen Park, the world's first integrated hydrogen validation facility, has entered full-scale operation. The park is located at MHI's Takasago Machinery Works in Hyogo…
LanzaJet and Technip Energies strengthen collaboration supporting SAF projects
LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, and Technip Energies (Paris) announced an agreement to strengthen their exclusive collaboration to support the global deployment of the LanzaJet Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) Process technology. LanzaJet will continue to integrate…