Bechtel (Reston, Va.) has entered into a partnership with renewable energy company Drax Group to identify opportunities to construct new Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) power plants around the world. Drax currently has the largest decarbonization project in…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) is cooperating with recycling specialist carboNXT to tackle the recycling of Covestro’s continuous fiber-reinforced polycarbonate composites (CFRTPs). Covestro’s Maezio brand of CFRTPs are characterized by their extremely light weight, high strength and flexibility of design. This means…
Cargill, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.) and chemical marketing company HELM (Hamburg, Germany) are entering into a joint venture, Qore, to help leading brands replace fossil-based chemistries with bio-based intermediates, enabling them to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. As part of the…
Brightmark (San Francisco, Calif.) announced that it will build the world’s largest advanced plastics recycling and renewal facility in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia. The total investment is expected to be more than $680 million in a new plant intended to fully…
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…
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 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…
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 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 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…