Sustainability
Wood appointed as technical advisor for New Zealand green-hydrogen project
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has been appointed as one of the Technical Advisors to Southern Green Hydrogen project in New Zealand. Producing green hydrogen at scale in New Zealand is a critical step to reducing the country’s reliance on imported…
Johnson Matthey to build U.K. gigafactory for H2 fuel-cell components
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) is building a £80 million gigafactory at its existing site in Royston, U.K., to scale up the manufacture of hydrogen fuel cell components. Earlier this year, JM announced a refreshed strategy, with an ambition to…
Air Liquide invests in biomethane production in China
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has invested in first biomethane production unit in China, wihic is expected to begin operation by the end of 2022. Located in Huai’an City, in the Jiangsu Province, the unit will have a production capacity of…
SÜDPACK joins Science-Based-Targets Initiative (STBi) for reducing carbon footprint
Within the framework of its net-zero activities, SÜDPACK (Ochenhausen, Germany; www.suedpack.com) has joined the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) – and signed the commitment letter. The joint initiative of the U.N. Global Compact, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), World Resources Institute…
Axens to begin licensing Plastic Energy’s TAC process for advanced plastic recycling
Following the signature of the strategic partnership between Plastic Energy and Axens in 2021, Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has announced that Plastic Energy’s (London, U.K.) thermal anaerobic conversion (TAC) process has now been fully integrated into Axens’ technology portfolio, thanks to…
Dow joins industry task force focused on PLF sustainability
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC; London) has announced that Dow (Midland, Mich.), along with Walgreens Boots Alliance, United Utilities and Northumbrian Water, have joined RSC’s sustainable polymers task force Sustainable Polymers in Liquid Formulation (PLFs) Task Force, which was…
Evonik commercializes fermentation-based collagen product
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) announced that its recombinant, non-animal-derived collagen platform is now available at commercial scale. Vecollan is highly pure and soluble collagen that is produced via fermentation. It features a triple-helix structure to mimic the properties of…
Technip Energies awarded EPC contract for CCS project in Oslo
Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded a large Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) contract by Hafslund Oslo Celsio, the largest supplier of district heating in Norway, for a world-first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at waste-to-energy plant located in Oslo,…
Air Products and VPI to jointly develop Humber Hydrogen Hub in the U.K.
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) and power generator VPI signed a joint development agreement to drive forward the “Humber Hydrogen Hub” or “H3”, which seeks to develop a flagship 800-MW low-carbon hydrogen production facility in Immingham, UK. The majority of…
Shell to start work on Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant
Shell Nederland B.V. and Shell Overseas Investments B.V., subsidiaries of Shell plc, have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I, which will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025. The 200MW electrolyzer will be…