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DuPont breaks ground on adhesive production plant in China

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that it is breaking ground on its new $30-million facility that will produce a range of materials to advance applications for electrification and lightweighting in support of growing demand for its automotive adhesives. The new facility…

Gevo and Sweetwater Energy sign MoU for renewable hydrocarbons production

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sweetwater Energy, Inc.  (Rochester N.Y.) regarding the use of sustainably sourced agricultural residues and woody biomass as a feedstock for producing cellulosic alcohols and energy-dense…

Heliogen and Bloom Energy demonstrate solar-powered hydrogen generation

Heliogen, Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.) and Bloom Energy Corp. (San Jose, Calif.) announced the generation of green hydrogen by integrating the companies’ technologies – Heliogen’s concentrated solar energy system and the Bloom Electrolyzer. The successful demonstration in Lancaster, California produced hydrogen…

Technip Energies and Petronas collaborate to commercialize carbon capture technologies

Technip Energies (Paris) and PETRONAS (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) have signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) establishing a strategic collaboration framework for the further development and commercialization of carbon capture technologies. These include PETRONAS’ Rotating Pack Bed assisted cryogenic CO2 recovery…

BP and Clean Energy Fuels expand RNG joint venture

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Newport Beach, Calif.) and bp plc (London) announced that their renewable natural gas (RNG) joint venture will build on previously announced plans to finance and develop new projects at dairy farms, starting in the Midwest.   Located…

Orlen announces startup of Europe’s largest plant producing ‘green’ propylene glocol

ORLEN Południe, an ORLEN Group company, has brought onstream Poland’s first and Europe’s largest green propylene glycol production unit at its biorefinery in Trzebinia. The unit has a capacity of 30,000 tons per year, enough to cover as much as…

RWE and Shell sign MOU for green hydrogen, decarbonization projects

Shell New Energies NL BV (Shell) and RWE AG (Essen, Germany) intend to jointly advance projects for the production, use and distribution of green hydrogen as well as further options to decarbonize RWE gas and biomass-fired power plants in northwest…

Johnson Matthey and Hystar collaborate on development of advanced electrolyzers for green hydrogen

Johnson Matthey plc (London) announced a Memorandum of Understanding with newly established Norwegian company Hystar AS, a high-tech spin-out from Sintef (Trondheim, Norway), one of Europe’s largest independent research institutions. Hystar is backed by AP Ventures, a significant investor focused…

Large waste-to-biofuels project underway in the U.K.

Advanced Biofuel Solutions Ltd. (ABSL; Swindon, U.K.), a developer and producer of advanced biofuels, and Greenergy International Ltd., a leading manufacturer and supplier of waste-based biofuels, announced the signing of a Joint Development Agreement to develop, construct and operate up…

Velocys announces major SAF offtake agreements for Bayou Fuels biorefinery

Velocys plc (Harwell, U.K.) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Velocys Renewables LLC, has entered into its first offtake agreement for the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to be produced at the planned Bayou Fuels biorefinery project in Mississippi, USA. with…