With a long term-goal to achieve carbon-neutral metal production, Elkem (Oslo, Norway) is currently conducting a feasibility study for the establishment of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The purpose of the study is to assess the technical and economic feasibility…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) has completed the initial phase of a plant trial of a proprietary advanced recycling process for converting plastic waste into raw materials for production of high-value polymers. The trial, at the company’s existing facilities in Baytown,…
HCS Group (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) has signed a project memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop and build a renewable hydrocarbon facility at HCS Group’s site located in Speyer, Germany, utilizing Gevo’s low-carbon alcohol to jet (ATJ) technology. The signed…
TreeToTextile, owned by H&M Group, Inter IKEA Group, Stora Enso, and LSCS Invest, announced that it is investing €35 million in constructing a demonstration plant in Sweden for upscaling new sustainable textile fiber. It is a critical next step towards…
OMV Petrom SA (Bucharest, Romania) has invested €1.5 million at the Petrobrazi refinery to streamline the lighting system of ten industrial ramps, where crude oil and feedstock is unloaded and oil products are loaded. The old lighting system at the…
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a Danish fund management company focused on renewable energy infrastructure, has unveiled plans for the establishment of Europe’s largest production facility of CO2-free green ammonia. The project will be located in the town of Esbjerg on…
Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) announced that it is investing EUR 17.6 million in a new Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) for its polyolefins plants in Porvoo, Finland. This equipment will significantly lower the site’s CO2 emissions, reduce flaring and save…
ORLEN Południe, a company of the ORLEN Group (Płock, Poland) , has purchased two plots of land in Głąbowo, in the municipality of Ryn, taking over an agricultural biogas plant project started on the property. The company will continue construction…
Carbon Recycling International (CRI; Kópavogur, Iceland) has delivered the complete process design package for the first-of-its-kind 110,000 ton/yr CO2-to-methanol plant, that recycles industrial waste gases. Ground preparations and foundation work is already underway at the site of project partner Henan…
Acciona (Madrid, Spain) and Plug Power Inc., (Latham, N.Y.) a global leader in hydrogen fuel cell systems and fueling solutions, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to launch a 50-50 joint-venture (JV) headquartered in Madrid. The JV…