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Dow and Topsoe to collaborate on circular plastics advancement

A new partnership between Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.) and Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) marks a new initiative to efficiently convert waste plastics to circular plastics, keeping them out of the environment and responsibly reclaiming their value. A first step…

Veolia inaugurates 12.4-MW of biogas-capture capacity in Brazil

Veolia (Paris) is inaugurating three new electric power plants at its waste recovery centers in the states of São Paulo and Santa Catarina in Brazil. In all, they will produce 12.4 MW of renewable electricity using the biogas produced from…

Snam launches global accelerator program for hydrogen innovations

Snam S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) has launched HyAccelerator, the first corporate global-scale startup acceleration program focused on hydrogen. The programmed kicked off with the first call for startups, dedicated to players active along the entire hydrogen value chain, from transportation to…

Gevo and Axens join forces to commercialize sustainable jet fuel technologies

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) and Axens North America, Inc. (Axens) have entered into an agreement that establishes a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the commercialization of sustainable ethanol-to-jet (ETJ) projects in the United States. As part of the alliance, Axens brings technologies with over 60…

Nova Energies awarded contract by Sibur to study carbon-capture solutions

Nova Energies – a joint venture of Technip Energies (Paris) and NIPIGAS – has been awarded a Pre-FEED contract by Sibur Holding PJSC (Moscow, Russia) to study potential Carbon Capture solutions for its “ZapSibNeftekhim” plant. The scope of Nova Energies'…

ExxonMobil to build large-scale advanced recycling facility in Baytown

ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) plans to build its first, large-scale plastic waste advanced recycling facility in Baytown, Texas, and is expected to start operations by year-end 2022.  The advanced recycling operation in Baytown, Texas will be among the largest in…

Air Products starts up La Porte liquid hydrogen plant

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced that its new liquid hydrogen plant at its La Porte, Texas facility is onstream to supply increasing demand in several customer markets. The new La Porte liquid hydrogen plant produces approximately 30 tons per…

Plug Power and SK Group form hydrogen joint venture

Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.) and SK E&S, part of South Korea’s SK Group, announced today that the companies have formed a joint venture designed to accelerate the use of hydrogen as an alternative energy source in Asian markets. Through this…

Hanwha Solutions and hte collaborating to advance sustainable chloro-alkali value chain

hte GmbH – the high throughput experimentation company (Heidelberg, Germany) signed a contract with Hanwha Solutions (Seoul, South Korea) to provide research services for the Korean material-to-energy solution provider's relentless efforts to achieve sustainable growth. The agreement involves testing the…

Repsol produces renewable hydrogen with biomethane for the first time

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) has produced renewable hydrogen using biomethane as raw material for the first time. This renewable hydrogen was used to manufacture fuels with a low carbon footprint, such as gasoline, diesel, or kerosene for aviation. This milestone…