Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has made the final investment decision to invest into new renewable products production capacity in Rotterdam. The decision is based on demand for renewable products growing substantially with customers' higher climate ambitions. Neste’s current 1.4 million…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo) and Microwave Chemical Co., Ltd. (Osaka) have started joint development of a new microwave-based chemical recycling technology to directly transform used plastic into basic chemical feedstock. The two companies are implementing various steps to achieve…
After the initial announcement of their hydrogen partnership, Vattenfall AB and Preem AB (both Stockholm, Sweden) will now enter into a feasibility phase to assess the possibility of accelerating the development of a value chain connecting offshore wind and hydrogen…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) and Gunvor Petroleum Rotterdam (GPR), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gunvor Group (Gunvor), have signed a joint development agreement for an import terminal in Rotterdam. The agreement responds to the accelerating demand for green energy sources…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has purchased the European rights to the Alterra Energy (Akron, Ohio) liquefaction technology, further solidifying the company’s efforts to advance chemical recycling. Alterra Energy is a U.S.-based company that has developed a proprietary thermochemical solution for…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Houston), Grieg Edge, North Ammonia and GreenH have signed a memorandum of understanding to study potential production and distribution of green hydrogen and ammonia for lower-emission marine fuels at ExxonMobil’s Slagen terminal in Norway. The study will explore…
PTT Global Chemical PLC (PTTGC; Bangkok, Thailand) announced that PTTGC America (GCA) and the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to locate a new recycling complex on SWACO property. GCA, the U.S.…
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.) is supporting Mercury renewables in its development of one of Ireland’s first co-located onshore wind farm and hydrogen electrolysis plants. A 75-megawatt wind farm will power an electrolyzer plant generating green hydrogen. Black &…
Power-to-Liquids technologies are on their way to commercialization in scale. E-fuels offer a way to expand the carbon-neutral transport fuel pool beyond biomass-based renewable fuels to replace fossil fuels in existing internal combustion engines. The end product is a transportation…
Tata Chemicals Europe opened the U.K.'s first industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant today, signalling a key milestone in the race to meet the UK's net zero targets. The £20 million investment has been completed by U.K.-based Tata Chemicals…