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Avient and OceanWorks collaborate to incorporate recycled ocean plastics into new resins

Avient Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) is collaborating with Oceanworks to help customers incorporate recycled ocean plastics in their products. Recycled ocean and ocean-bound plastics are those recovered from the ocean, waterways, and ocean-bound collection zones within 50 km of a coastline.…

Neste to increase renewable power use at Porvoo refinery with new wind power agreement

As part of its efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2035, Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) is aiming for 100% renewable electricity use globally by 2023. In order to proceed with this target, Neste will increase the use of renewable electricity…

Aemetis signs $200-million low-carbon biofuels offtake agreement with Murex

Aemetis, Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.) signed a biofuels offtake agreement with international renewable fuels supplier Murex, LLC for an estimated $200 million of low-carbon biofuels to be delivered during 2021 to 2023. Founded 30 years ago and based in Plano, Texas,…

Sulzer and Blue Planet announce partnership to develop CCUS solutions for the cement industry

Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) is collaborating with Blue Planet Ltd. (Los Gatos, Calif.) on the further development and optimization of Blue Planet’s innovative carbon mineralization process for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) solutions. The ground-breaking process will leverage Sulzer’s…

GE Renewable Energy and LafargeHolcim team up to recycle wind-turbine blades

GE Renewable Energy and LafargeHolcim announced an MOU to explore circular economy solutions to utilize materials from decommissioned wind turbines. Building on LafargeHolcim’s 10+ years of experience in recovering energy from wind turbine blades, the companies are exploring new ways…

Axpo and ABB pursue green-hydrogen projects in Italy

Renewable energy provider Axpo Holding AG  (Baden, Switzerland) and ABB, Inc. (Zurich, Switzerland) are joining forces to explore a series of synergies for the development of green hydrogen in Italy. In a letter of intent (LOI), the two companies commit…

Plug Power to build green-hydrogen plant in Georgia

Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.) announced plans to build a green hydrogen production plant in Camden County, Georgia, to serve customers across the southeastern United States. The announcement affirms Plug Power’s continued commitment to establish the first North American green hydrogen…

Advanced Methanol Amsterdam plant will convert non-recyclable waste into methanol

Gidara Energy has announced its first advanced biofuels facility in Amsterdam; Advanced Methanol Amsterdam (AMA). The plant will convert non-recyclable waste into advanced methanol. This product will be used for fuel blending, and therefore meets governmental objectives to achieve CO2…

Evonik joins ReSolar project for recycling PV modules

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is part of the ReProSolar project, which aims at developing a highly efficient and special process for the recycling of end-of-life photovoltaic (PV) modules. Under the project management of Veolia Germany and together with partner…

Suez and Airex Energy to commercialize biochar carbon-capture technology

SUEZ Group (Paris) and Airex Energy (Bécancour, Quebec, Canada) have formed a partnership in order to provide solutions to regions and industries on their path towards carbon neutrality. The expertise of the two Groups will enable them to industrialize the…