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Alpek and Indorama acquire CarbonLite recycling plants in Pennsylvania and Texas

Alpek S.A.B. de C.V. (San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico) and Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand)have each acquired plastics recycling facilities from CarbonLite Recycling LLC. Alpek has acquired CarbonLite’s Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) recycling and pelletization facility in Reading, Pennsylvania.The site…

Sabic and Local Motors complete feasibility study for recycling 3D-printing scrap materials

With the desire to improve the circularity of large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM), SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia) and Local Motors, a next-generation vehicle manufacturer, completed a joint study on the feasibility of recycling scrap thermoplastic parts and shavings from the 3D…

Lummus announces agreement with Energy Internet Corp. to co-develop sustainable energy-storage technologies for data centers

Lummus Technology (Houston) and Energy Internet Corp. (EIC) announced an agreement to collaborate in developing technology to store and generate electrical power for the data center market using compressed or liquefied air. This technology will provide long-duration energy storage, using…

Mitsubishi Power and Bakken Energy announce plans for clean-hydrogen hub in North Dakota

Bakken Energy, LLC (formerly Bakken Midstream Natural Gas, LLC) and Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc. (Mitsubishi Power) have signed a strategic partnership agreement to create a world-class clean hydrogen hub in North Dakota. This hub will be composed of facilities that…

Dow Benelux to build green-hydrogen plant, carbon-capture capabilities at Terneuzen complex

Dow Benelux outlined its roadmap to reduce current CO2 emissions from its Terneuzen, the Netherlands, operations by more than 40% by 2030 on its path to achieve net CO2 neutrality by 2050. The roadmap makes Terneuzen a flagship site and…

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction to provide carbon-capture technology for Zeeland Refinery

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed a contract with Zeeland Refinery, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and Lukoil (Moscow, Russia), to provide a carbon capture and liquefaction solution in the Netherlands. Cryocap FG is a unique solution that enables…

Microsoft to use Preem renewable diesel to power Swedish datacenters

Microsoft is establishing a new cloud region in Sweden that will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy and be among the most sustainably designed and operated in the world. Microsoft has selected Preem AB’s (Stockholm, Sweden) to be a…

POET acquires Flint Hills Resources’ biofuel business

POET, LLC (Sioux Falls, S.D.), the world’s largest producer of biofuels, has acquired the bioethanol assets of Flint Hills Resources, LLC (Wichita, Kan.) in their entirety, expanding the company’s production capacity by 40%. POET is a world leader in green…

Maire Tecnimont’s NextChem group awarded FEED contract for TotalEnergies’ new SAF plant

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary NextChem has been awarded a contract by TotalEnergies to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) and supply its technological know-how to implement a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) plant in Grandpuits, France, capable of processing 400,000 metric tons per…

Technip Energies and Agilyx collaborate to scale up polystyrene recycling

Technip Energies (Paris) announced today the initiation of an agreement with Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS, and pioneer in the advanced recycling of post-use plastics. This collaboration aims to accelerate the implementation of Agilyx’s…