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Large waste-to-biofuels project underway in the U.K.

Advanced Biofuel Solutions Ltd. (ABSL; Swindon, U.K.), a developer and producer of advanced biofuels, and Greenergy International Ltd., a leading manufacturer and supplier of waste-based biofuels, announced the signing of a Joint Development Agreement to develop, construct and operate up…

Velocys announces major SAF offtake agreements for Bayou Fuels biorefinery

Velocys plc (Harwell, U.K.) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Velocys Renewables LLC, has entered into its first offtake agreement for the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to be produced at the planned Bayou Fuels biorefinery project in Mississippi, USA. with…

Vattenfall, Shell and LanzaTech studying large-scale SAF production in Sweden

Vattenfall AB (Stockholm, Sweden), Shell and LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.) will collaborate with Scandinavian airline SAS to investigate the production of the world’s first synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using the LanzaJet “Alcohol to Jet” technology on a large scale in…

Plug Power to acquire Frames Group

Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Frames Group B.V. (Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands), a leader in turnkey systems integration for the energy sector. With over 35 years of experience, Frames designs, builds, and delivers processing…

Evonik develops new chemical recycling process for polyurethane foam

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) announced that it has developed an efficient chemical recycling process for converting flexible polyurethane (PU) foams back to the original polyol raw material. Evonik’s new hydrolysis recycling process has the potential to achieve circularity in…

ALPLA starts up HDPE recycling plant in Mexico

ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria)  has opened a new plant for high-density polyethylene (HDPE)  plastic recycling in Toluca, Mexico. At the same time, the company has announced it will double its annual regrind material production capacity to 30,000 tons in the…

Clariant and Technip Energies awarded two contracts for new SMR technology

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) and Technip Energies (Paris) have announced a breakthrough in steam methane reforming (SMR) that reduces the CO2 footprint of the process up to 20%. Being the acronym of “enhanced annular reforming tube for hydrogen,” EARTH technology has…

Baker Hughes and Shell enter agreement to promote decarbonization goals

Baker Hughes (Houston) and Shell Global Solutions BV have signed a broad strategic collaboration agreement to accelerate the global energy transition by helping each other achieve their respective commitments for net-zero carbon emissions and advancing solutions to decarbonize energy and…

thyssenkrupp becomes key strategic partner of Dii Desert Energy

Thyssenkrupp (Essen, Germany) intends to enter into a strategic partnership with Dii Desert Energy — an independent industry initiative and market enabler from Dubai and Munich. Dii, also known as Desertec Industrial Initiative, has been a pioneer in the MENA…

Baker Hughes invests in “turquoise” hydrogen startup Ekona Power

Baker Hughes (Houston) has announced an investment in Ekona Power Inc. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), a growth-stage company developing novel "turquoise" hydrogen production technology. Through its investment, Baker Hughes will enhance its broader hydrogen and natural gas decarbonization solutions portfolio, further…