Orion Engineered Carbons (Houston) will sharply reduce air emissions at its Borger, Texas, plant with new control technology. The $60 million project also involved upgrading the site’s cogeneration system, which takes heat created by the carbon black production process and…
Citroniq Chemicals LLC (Houston), a world-scale producer of carbon-negative materials, and Mitsui Plastics, Inc (MPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., announced the execution of a letter of intent for a large-scale supply agreement for sustainable…
Cepsa (Madrid, Spain), Enagás Renovable, one of the largest European developers of renewable gas projects, and Alter Enersun, a company dedicated to the promotion of renewable energy generation facilities, have signed an agreement to jointly develop a green hydrogen plant…
Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam. The Netherlands) and Henkel signed an offtake agreement for five years, under which Avantium will supply Henkel with FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) produced in Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant, currently under construction in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. Avantium expects to…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has launched the PlasCO2 project together with three partners. The aim is to use carbon dioxide (CO2) as a raw material in the production of C4 chemicals. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is…
Aker Carbon Capture AS (Lysaker, Norway) has announced that the world's first carbon capture pilot for smelters has been officially inaugurated. The Mobile Test Unit (MTU), delivered by Aker Carbon Capture, is now connected to Elkem ASA’s (Oslo, Norway) plant…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) and Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) have signed two Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with Enel Green Power (Rome, Italy) for the long-term supply of a total capacity of 220 MW of renewable power to Sasol’s Secunda…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) and energy company Engie S.A. (La Défense, Courbevoie, France) have concluded power full supply agreements for a total of 1,400 GWh for sites in Germany and Belgium. More than half will be covered by corporate power purchase…
Nexus Circular LLC (Atlanta, Ga.)and Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) announced that they have signed a 10-year definitive commercial agreement for the supply of circular feedstocks from a new advanced recycling facility. Braskem completed a strategic investment in Nexus Circular…
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has been chosen by Mintal Hydrogen to provide technology to the first dynamic green ammonia plant in China. The dynamic green ammonia plant is Topsoe’s first Power-to-X project in China and includes Topsoe’s process licensing, engineering design…