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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries achieve purity target for ethanol at membrane dehydration pilot plant

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.com) has achieved the target performance of over 99.5vol% ethanol purity at a pilot plant for membrane dehydration systems (MMDS®: Mitsubishi Membrane Dehydration System) installed at MHI's Nagasaki Carbon Neutral Park within the…

Elkem announces proof-of-concept for recycling of high-consistency rubbers

Elkem ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.elkem.com), a world-leading provider of advanced silicon-based materials, announced the successful validation of a proof of concept for an innovative mechanical recycling process for high consistency rubbers (HCR). The innovation enables the recycling of crosslinked HCR…

Solvay advances silica circularity with certified circular raw materials

Solvay (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) is accelerating its global circularity efforts by converting its highly dispersible silica (HDS) production in Asia to circular raw materials. As of 2026, Solvay plants in Qingdao (China) and Gunsan (South Korea) will adopt ISCC+ (International…

Petrobras refinery tests co-processing of vegetable oil with traditional feedstock for SAF production

In the first week of September, Petrobras' (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; www.petrobras.com.br) Henrique Lage Refinery (Revap), in São José dos Campos (SP), conducted tests for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from the co-processing of vegetable oil mixed with…

KBR announces startup of Samsara Eco circular plastics plant in Australia

As key commercialization partner, KBR, Inc. (Houston) is continuing its support of Australian biotech innovator, Samsara Eco (Sydney, Australia), with the official opening of its first plant, which opened earlier this month in Jerrabomberra, regional Australia. The new headquarters and…

Charter Next Generation and NOVA Chemicals commercializing recycled packaging materials

Charter Next Generation (CNG) announced a strategic collaboration with NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) for high-quality recycled polyethylene (rPE) for advanced flexible packaging applications. The relationship builds upon the partnership announced in 2021. CNG and NOVA Chemicals have entered…

Clariant to supply catalysts to SYPOX for world’s largest electric steam methane reformer

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced a supply agreement with SYPOX to manufacture and deliver catalysts for what will be the world’s largest electric steam methane reformer (e-SMR). This groundbreaking project combines SYPOX’s cutting-edge electrical reformer technology with Clariant’s expertise to…

Accelera delivers its largest electrolyzer system to Linde’s Niagara Falls facility

Accelera by Cummins, the zero-emissions business segment of Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.) has supplied a 35-megawatt (MW) proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer system, its largest to date, to support hydrogen production at Linde’s facility in Niagara Falls, New York. Powered…

USA BioEnergy selects JM and Honeywell technologies for new SAF facility in Texas

USA BioEnergy announced it has selected Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) and Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) to provide their process technologies to USA BioEnergy to produce synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) at its Bon Wier, Texas biorefinery. JM/bp’s award-winning FT…

Worley awarded FEED verification contract for Preem renewable-fuels project

Worley Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia)  has been awarded a contract by Preem AB (Stockholm, Sweden) for Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) verification for the planned conversion of the ICR plant at the Lysekil refinery in Sweden. The project aims to transform the…