Mobile Navigation

Sustainability

Arkema and Engie sign landmark biomethane supply deal

Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) has signed a long-term agreement with Engie S.A. (La Défense, Courbevoie, France) for the supply of 300 GWh/year of renewable biomethane in France. This represents one of the largest private biomethane deals in Europe to date.…

BP evaluating the establishment of a hydrogen hub in Germany

Bp plc (London) will evaluate the feasibility of building a new hydrogen hub in Germany. The project, which would be located in Wilhelmshaven, is expected to include an industry leading ammonia cracker which could provide up to 130,000 tons of…

PureCycle to build first European PP-recycling plant in Belgium

PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Orlando, Fla.) and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges today announced that PureCycle intends to build its first polypropylene (PP) recycling facility in Europe in the port's fast-growing NextGen District located in Belgium. The new plant is expected to…

TotalEnergies launches France’s largest biogas plant

TotalEnergies SA (Paris, France) has launched its eighteenth biogas production unit in France, which will be the largest in the country with a maximum capacity of 160 gigawatt hours (GWh). Named BioBéarn and located in Mourenx in the south-west of…

Henkel and Shell sign supply agreement for renewable-based ingredients

Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) and Shell Chemical LP have agreed to a five-year collaboration to replace up to 200,000 tons of fossil feedstocks used in the manufacture of surfactants with feedstocks that are based on renewable raw materials. The renewable-based…

LG Chem plans to produce plastics from marine-waste materials

LG Chem (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it entered into an MOU for building a resource-circulation system by recycling marine wastes with NETSPA, a leading company in resource circulation. Through this MOU, LG Chem will be able to stably secure…

JM and bp announce successful production using FT CANS waste-to-fuels technology

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) and bp plc (London) announced that their technology has enabled Fulcrum’s Sierra BioFuels Plant to successfully produce synthetic crude oil for clean transportation fuels.   Using JM and bp’s FT CANS technology, the Sierra plant…

John Cockerill enters agreement to build electrolyzer factory in Morocco

John Cockerill (Seraing, Belgium), a specialist in alkaline electrolyzers, and a leading Moroccan energy company have reached an agreement to create a joint venture offering integrated green hydrogen solutions in Morocco. In particular, it will include an alkaline electrolyzer manufacturing…

Repsol joins forces with ASAJA to transform agricultural and livestock waste into renewable fuels

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) and ASAJA, the largest professional agricultural organization in Spain that represents more than 200,000 farmers and breeders, have signed a collaboration agreement to promote projects that focus on the circular economy to promote sustainability in rural…

Alfa Laval and Advent exploring methanol-powered fuel cells for the marine sector

Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. will collaborate with Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) on a project to explore applications of Advent's methanol-powered high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells in the marine industry. Funded by the Danish Energy Technology Development and…