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Perpetual Next and Air Liquide join forces to accelerate biomethanol plant technology
Perpetual Next N.V. (Amsterdam) has signed a License and Engineering Agreement with Air Liquide Engineering and Technologies (Paris) for the supply of syngas-to-methanol technology for Perpetual Next's first biomethanol facility, with an option to extend across other biomethanol sites. The…
Evonik, Toyotsu Chemiplas and Sanyo Chemical team up on polyurethane foam recycling
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has partnered with Toyotsu Chemiplas Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) and Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan) to develop a recycling model for polyurethane foam in Japan for Japan. The partners aim to convert discarded foam into…
Eni CCUS Holding installs milestone offshore CCS platform in Liverpool Bay
Eni CCUS Holding, owned jointly by Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP; New York), part of BlackRock, Inc. (New York), announced that Liverpool Bay CCS has completed the installation of the new Douglas CCS platform in Liverpool…
STX Group signs e-methane offtake agreement from TURN2X plant in Spain
STX Group (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), a leading environmental commodity trader, has announced its first offtake of RFNBO (Renewable Fuel of Non-Biological Origin)-compliant e-Methane, produced by TURN2X GmbH (Munich, Germany) at its first commercial plant in Spain. The agreement provides STX…
Metacon awarded funding for biomethane-to-hydrogen pilot in Crete
The wholly owned Greek subsidiary of Metacon AB (publ) (Uppsala, Sweden), Metacon S.A. (Patras, Greece), has been awarded E.U. project funding to develop and demonstrate hydrogen production from biomethane in the BIOH2VAP project. The project will validate Metacon’s reforming technology…
Imerys launches industrial-scale production of bio-based synthetic graphite
Imerys Graphite and Carbon Switzerland Ltd. (IGC; Bodio, Switzerland), a subsidiary of Imerys S.A. (Paris, France), announced a breakthrough with its SU-NERGY™ graphite line: its first industrial-scale graphite with a significantly reduced climate impact. Made using biomass-based feedstock, this next-generation…
Verbio commissions large-scale ethenolysis plant for bio-based chemicals in Bitterfeld, Germany
Verbio SE (Zörbig, Germany) is entering the large-scale production of bio-based chemicals with an investment of nearly EUR 100 million. Today, the company is officially commissioning the world’s first large-scale ethenolysis plant based on rapeseed methyl ester at its Bitterfeld…
Borouge International expands mechanical recycling capacity in Germany and Austria
Borouge Group International AG (operating as Borouge International) announced investments to expand its European mechanical recycling capacity at its sites in Niedergebra, Germany, and Wildon, Austria. The expansion strengthens the ability of Borouge International (Vienna, Austria) to meet growing customer…
Thyssenkrupp nucera to open central electrolyzer cell assembly hub in Portugal
thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany) is establishing its first company-operated central Assembly Hub for electrolyzer cells in VGP Park in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, south of Porto. With the Assembly Hub, thyssenkrupp nucera, a world-leading provider…
Sumitomo Chemical achieves production-scale manufacturing of bio-based LCP
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) has achieved production-scale manufacturing of liquid crystal polymer (LCP) that contains a portion of monomer derived from biomass feedstock (bio-based LCP). As a global supplier in the LCP market, the Company is preparing a…