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Brightmark and Chevron expand biomethane partnership

Brightmark LLC (San Francisco, Calif.) and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.) announced the second expansion of their previously announced joint venture, Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC, to own projects across the United States to produce and market dairy biomethane, a…

BASF to run Poland catalyst-manufacturing plant using renewable energy

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that BASF Polska has signed a two-year contract with PGE Obrót S.A. to purchase electricity produced entirely from renewable energy sources - mainly wind - to power its Mobile Emissions Catalysts plant in Środa Śląska,…

Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Chemical studying hydrogen pilot project at alumina refinery in Australia

Rio Tinto plc (London, U.K.) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) announced a partnership to study the construction of a hydrogen pilot plant at Rio Tinto’s Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone, Australia, and explore the potential use of hydrogen at…

Marathon and ADM form joint venture for renewable-diesel feedstock production

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC; Findlay, Ohio) and Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM; Chicago) announced an agreement to form a joint venture (JV) for the production of soybean oil to supply rapidly growing demand for renewable diesel fuel. Under the terms of the…

NuMat Technologies and Sumitomo Chemical to collaborate on decarbonized chemical separation technologies

NuMat Technologies (Chicago, Ill.) announced a partnership with Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) to develop sustainable chemical separation technologies that can efficiently and dramatically reduce the carbon emissions and carbon footprint required to produce critical chemicals used in key sectors of the…

Agilyx and Kumho Petrochemical partner on chemical recycling project in South Korea

Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS and Kumho Petrochemical (Seoul, South Korea), a global leader in the manufacture of synthetic rubber, have announced a collaboration to explore the development and construction of a chemical recycling…

RWE to collaborate with Ukrainian utility Naftogaz on potential green hydrogen projects

NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine and German energy trading company RWE Supply & Trading GmbH have signed a memorandum of understanding. Both companies agree to explore mutually beneficial cooperation opportunities along the full value chain of green hydrogen and its derivatives…

Sumitomo Chemical to construct chemical-recycling pilot plant for acrylic-resin waste

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has decided to construct a pilot facility for chemical recycling of acrylic resin (PMMA, poly-methyl-methacrylate) at its Ehime Works in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The new facility is scheduled to begin pilot tests in…

Howard Midstream Energy, Port of Corpus Christi to convert refinery-services facility into carbon-neutral H2 production plant

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (Port of Corpus Christi) and Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC  (HEP; San Antonio, Tex.) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) stating their intention to convert Howard’s Javelina refinery services facility into the region’s…

Chevron and Itochu among investors in waste-to-hydrogen producer Raven SR

Raven SR Inc. (Pinedale Wyoming), a renewable fuels company, announced the closing of a $20 million strategic investment from Chevron U.S.A. Inc., ITOCHU Corp., Hyzon Motors Inc. and Ascent Hydrogen Fund. Raven SR plans to build modular waste-to-green hydrogen production…