Carbon Clean (London, U.K.) and MODEC (Tokyo, Japan), a leading provider of offshore floating platforms, have signed a landmark agreement to jointly develop and scale Carbon Clean's CycloneCC carbon capture technology for offshore applications. The collaboration will accelerate progress toward the deployment of a fully commercialized CycloneCC solution on MODEC's FPSO designs. Under the agreement, a pilot plant is targeted for installation on an FPSO in 2026. MORE

   

Airex Energy (Becancour, Quebec, Canada), Groupe Remabec, a Quebec-based forestry company and SUEZ Group (Paris) inaugurated Carbonity, Canada's first industrial-scale biochar plant, in Port-Cartier. Resulting from a partnership between the three companies, the plant will start with a production capacity of 10,000 tons of biochar per year, which is expected to triple by the end of 2026 to become the largest in North America  and one of the largest in the world. Thanks to its ability to sequester carbon over time, biochar has been identified by the IPCC1 as an effective technology to address climate change.  MORE

   

EEW Energy from Waste (EEW; Helmstedt, Germany) and machine and plant manufacturer GEA Group AG (Duesseldorf, Germany) have agreed a strategic partnership for CO2 capture. The aim of the collaboration is to test innovative processes for capturing and utilizing CO2 under real-life conditions and to further develop them for industrial-scale application. As a first step, EEW has acquired a mobile test plant from GEA. The plant will be used at various EEW locations from summer 2025, initially in Delfzijl in the Netherlands. The plant will provide practical insights into the efficiency, scalability and integration of CO2 capture into existing thermal waste recycling processes. MORE

   

Occidental (Oxy; Houston, Tex.) and its subsidiary 1PointFive  announced an agreement with XRG, ADNOC's (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) investment company, to evaluate a potential joint venture to develop a direct air capture (DAC) facility in South Texas. As part of the joint venture, XRG will consider investing up to $500 million for the development of a DAC facility designed to capture 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. MORE

   

Svante Technologies Inc. (Burnaby, B.C., Canada) officially completed the commissioning of its new Centre of Excellence for Carbon Capture and Removal Redwood manufacturing Facility (Redwood) in Burnaby, British Columbia. This milestone marks the launch of the world's first gigafactory dedicated to producing commercial-scale carbon capture and removal filters designed to trap CO2 directly from industrial emissions and the atmosphere, and with the mindset of high-volume automation and product standardization to lower the manufacturing cost.  MORE

 

   

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) is entering into a full-scale partnership with POSCO Holdings (Pohang, South Korea). The companies will carry out a demonstration project for CCU (Carbon Capture and Utilization) technology, jointly involving the chemical and steel industries, as part of the Ministry of Science and ICT's national CCU Mega Project. Under the project, carbon dioxide captured at POSCO's Pohang steelworks will be converted into carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen, which are used as reducing agents in steelmaking, via LG Chem's proprietary DRM (Dry Reforming of Methane) technology.  MORE