Sustainability
Deep Sky announces North America’s first CO2 sequestration via direct-air capture
Canadian carbon-removal firm Deep Sky (Montreal) announced that Deep Sky Alpha, Canada’s first carbon-removal commercialization center, located in Innisfail, Alberta. has officially begun operations, marking the successful start of carbon removal and North America's first-ever sequestration of CO₂ captured directly…
ITM Power supplying 20-MW electrolyzer platform for West Wales Hydrogen project
ITM Power plc (Sheffield, U.K.) announced the signing of a supply agreement and binding heads of terms for a long-term services agreement with MorGen Energy for the 20-MW West Wales Hydrogen project in Milford Haven, U.K. This milestone marks a…
JordProxa building CO₂ capture plant at Eneabba rare earths refinery in Western Australia
Iluka Resources has awarded JordProxa Pty Ltd (Perth, Australia) the contract to supply a custom-engineered CO₂ capture plant for its flagship Eneabba rare-earths refinery in Western Australia — a first-of-its-kind facility in Australia and among only a few rare earths…
Conestoga Energy acquires SAFFiRE Renewables
Conestoga Energy (Liberal, Kan.) announced the acquisition of SAFFiRE Renewables, LLC (SAFFiRE , a process technology company that enables production of ultra-low carbon intensity ethanol and intermediates, from Southwest Airlines Renewable Ventures LLC. The acquisition includes all intellectual property, certain…
Emvolon and Montauk Renewables’ new joint venture will produce green methanol from biogas
Emvolon (Woburn, Mass.; www.emvolon.com) and Montauk Renewables, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.montaukrenewables.com) announced a joint venture (JV) to develop multiple biogas-to-green methanol projects. Following a successful field demonstration project, Emvolon and Montauk plan to deploy a portfolio of biogas-based sites with…
VINCI awarded contract for Spain’s largest 2G biofuels plant
Moeve (formerly Cepsa; Madrid, Spain) and Apical have awarded Grupo Cobra and Masa - both subsidiaries of Cobra IS, a VINCI Group business – the electrical, piping and industrial mechanical works of the largest second-generation (2G) biofuel plant in Spain.…
World’s first zero-emissions quicklime plant underway in Norway
Thyssenkrupp Polysius is set to provide the kiln system for SMA Mineral’s new pilot plant in Mo i Rana, Norway, the world’s first of its kind to produce quicklime entirely without carbon dioxide emissions. Based on Salt X Technology AB (Hägersten,…
Topsoe renewable-diesel technology selected for CountryMark refinery in Indiana
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has been selected as the renewable diesel technology partner for CountryMark’s Mount Vernon, Indiana refinery. Located in southwestern Indiana, the refinery processes 35,000 barrels of crude oil per day. With the addition of Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology,…
LG Chem and Enilive break ground on Korea’s first HVO/SAF plant
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and Enilive, Eni S.p.A.’s (Rome, Italy) company dedicated to biorefining, biomethane production, have taken a major step toward biofuels growth by breaking ground on Korea’s first hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and Sustainable Aviation Fuel…
Securing Scaleup Success in Biosynthesis: In Conversation with Algenesis Labs
Alongside the recent commissioning of its pilot plant producing the world’s first 100% plant-based, biogenic-carbon isocyanate products, the leadership team of Algenesis Materials (San Diego, Calif.; www.algenesislabs.com) spoke with Chemical Engineering magazine to share their scaleup insights and outlook for…