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Major milestones reached in the first commercial CO2-to-Methanol plant

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 and Plug Power launch joint green-hydrogen platform for the Iberian Peninsula

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…

Summit Carbon Solutions to launch major CCS network to reduce carbon footprint of U.S. biorefineries

Summit Agricultural Group (Alden, Iowa) announced the creation of Summit Carbon Solutions, a new business platform that will address the global challenge of decarbonization by developing the world’s largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. In doing so, Summit Carbon…

Yara partners with Statkraft and Aker Horizons to establish Europe’s first large-scale green ammonia project in Norway

Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) has signed a Letter of Intent with Statkraft and Aker Horizons, aiming to establish Europe’s first large-scale green ammonia project in Norway, enable the hydrogen economy and accelerate the green energy transition. The partners will…

DuPont and Vulcan Energy announce collaboration to demonstrate carbon-neutral lithium extraction

DuPont Water Solutions (Wilmington, Del.) announced a collaboration with Vulcan Energy Resources (Perth, Australia), a lithium and renewable energy project developer, to test and scale up Direct Lithium Extraction solutions for Vulcan’s world-first Zero Carbon Lithium extraction process. As the…

Enel Green Power to install 20-MW electrolyzer at Saras Group refinery in Sardinia

Enel Green Power (Rome, Italy) and Saras Group (Cagliari, Italy) signed a memorandum of intent to develop a green hydrogen project in Sardinia. The solution being studied involves using a 20-MW electrolyzer powered by renewable energy produced onsite to provide…

Encina and Flint Hills Resources partner on potential production of waste-plastic-based fuels and chemicals

Encina Development Group, LLC (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.encina.com.) announced the signing of a non-binding term sheet with Flint Hills Resources, LLC (Wichita, Kan.; www.fhr.com) to produce renewable chemicals and renewable fuels from waste plastic. The term sheet contemplates that the…

Maire Tecnimont Group receives FEED contract and MoU for a biorefinery in South America

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy), through its subsidiary NextChem and Essential Energy USA Corp., have executed a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract, as well as a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of a new biorefinery in South America…

Siemens Energy signs agreement to build first-of-its-kind waste heat-to-power facility in Canada

Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany) has signed an agreement with Canada-based TC Energy Corp. (TC Energy) to commission a novel waste heat-to-power pilot installation in Alberta. The facility will capture waste heat from a gas-fired turbine operating at a pipeline…

Yara establishes Clean Ammonia business unit

During its fouth-quarter financial reporting, Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) announced its establishment of a new business unit focused on the hydrogen and ammonia economy. "I am pleased to announce we are taking further steps to enable the hydrogen economy,…