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Sasol, Linde join European consortium focused on sustainable aviation fuels

Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) announced that it will work alongside a consortium comprising Linde plc, Enertrag AG and Navitas Holdings (Pty) Ltd (Navitas) – the LEN Consortium – to bid in concept for the production of sustainable aviation fuel…

Uniper unveils plans for German green-hydrogen hub

Under the name "Green Wilhelmshaven," Uniper SE (Düsseldorf, Germany) plans to establish a German national hub for hydrogen in Wilhelmshaven and is working on a corresponding feasibility study. An import terminal for green ammonia is planned. The terminal is planned…

Teijin to mass-produce nanofiber filaments made from recycled polyester

Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., Teijin Group’s fibers and products conversion business, announced that it has developed technology to mass produce a new version of its Nanofront ultra-fine polyester, which the company believes is the world’s first nanofiber to be made…

Orbia invests in battery-recycling startup

Orbia (Mexico City, Mexico) announced its fourth venture-capital investment through Orbia Ventures. Orbia led a $20 million investor syndicate in backing Battery Resourcers (BR), a vertically integrated lithium-ion battery recycling and manufacturing company. Series B financing will support Battery Resourcers…

New Hope Energy signs agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical for supply of recycled feedstock materials

New Hope Energy (Tyler, Tex.) has signed a long-term agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical LP (CP Chem; the Woodlands, Tex.) to provide ISCC PLUS certified renewable chemical feedstock produced through pyrolysis. New Hope Energy builds advanced recycling plants that process…

Praj Industries to set up India’s largest sugarcane-syrup-based ethanol plant

Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India)  was awarded a contract to set up India’s largest-capacity syrup-based ethanol plant from a Godavari Biorefineries Ltd (GBL) in Karnataka. As a part of this project, Praj will expand the existing ethanol manufacturing capacity to…

AmSty and Agilyx announce collaboration to build advanced polystyrene-recycling facility

AmSty (The Woodands, Tex.) and Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.) announced an agreement to explore the development of a jointly owned advanced recycling facility. The initial scope of this project will be a 50 to 100 ton/day advanced recycling facility located…

SABIC signs MOU with SIRC to establish chemical-recycling facility

SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), to help SIRC set up its first chemical recycling project to enable the use…

LyondellBasell obtains new sustainability certification for European polymer sites

  LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that it has obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification, one of the world’s largest sustainability certification systems, for Wesseling, Germany, cracker and European polymer sites. As a result…

Linde Engineering and AGR collaborate on a trendsetting green hydrogen project

Linde Engineering (Pullach, Germany) has won the official bid for the design and construction of an integrated hydrogen fueling station and electrolysis plant for AGR (Abfallentsorgungs-Gesellschaft Ruhrgebiet mbH) in Herten, Germany. The project comprising hydrogen production and high-performance fueling technology…