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Porsche, BASF and BEST complete chemical recycling pilot project

Porsche AG and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany), in collaboration with technology partner BEST - Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH, have successfully completed a pilot project on recycling mixed waste from end-of-life vehicles. The pilot project demonstrates the recyclability of high-performance…

X-ELIO starts up renewable-power plant to support BASF Freeport operations

X-ELIO (Madrid, Spain) launched operations at its Liberty Energy Project in Dayton, Texas. The Liberty project, which combines 72 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity with an additional 60 MW of battery storage capacity, is X-ELIO's first combined solar PV…

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies opens commercial-scale cell-culture manufacturing site in North Carolina

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies (Morrisville, N.C.; fujifilmbiotechnologies.fujifilm.com) yesterday celebrated the grand opening of its manufacturing site in Holly Springs, North Carolina. The newest addition to FUJIFILM Biotechnologies’ global network represents one of the largest commercial-scale cell culture biomanufacturing sites in North America.…

Eni unveils new biorefinery project in Italy

San Donato Milanese (MI), 23 September 2025 – Eni (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.eni.com) announces that it has received approval from the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security to convert selected units at the Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi (Pavia) refinery…

Topsoe leads consortium on CO2-utilization for food

Topsoe (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com), a leading global provider of advanced technology and solutions for the energy transition, is part of a consortium funded by the Gates Foundation and the Novo Nordisk Foundation that aims to transform CO2 into nutritious food. This…

Bureau Veritas extends renewable hydrogen certification capabilities

Bureau Veritas announced its designation as an official certification body for the CertifHy EU RFNBO (Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin) Voluntary Scheme. This achievement marks the second CertifHy certification collaboration for Bureau Veritas, following our successful recognition for the CertifHy…

Scientists develop a solid electrolyte that overcomes major limitations of hydrogen storage

A hydrogen-storage battery that operates at just 90°C has been developed by researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo, overcoming the high-temperature and low-capacity limits of earlier methods. The device works by moving hydride ions through a solid electrolyte, allowing magnesium…

Hy2gen Nordic marks milestone in renewable ammonia project

Hy2gen Nordic AS, a subsidiary of the global renewable hydrogen producer Hy2gen (Wiesbaden, Germany,Hy2gen) has been granted zoning approval for the Iverson renewable ammonia plant at the Birkeland industrial site by the municipal council of Sauda, Norway. The decision marks…

Evonik and AMSilk extend partnership for advanced biomaterials

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and AMSilk GmbH (Neuried, Germany; www.amsilk.com) a global leader in advanced biomaterials based on silk proteins, have deepened their collaboration with a long-term agreement to produce sustainable silk proteins at industrial scale. Building on…

Lhyfe certifies three renewable-hydrogen plants in France and Germany

With the certification of three new sites in France and Germany, Lhyfe (Nantes, France) has become Europe’s largest producer of RFNBO (Renewable Fuel of Non-Biological Origin) hydrogen from the electrolysis of water. Lhyfe already became the first French company to…