Latest News: Sustainability
Inpex opens Japan’s first integrated hydrogen and blue ammonia demonstration plant
Inpex Corp. (Tokyo) announced the official opening of Kashiwazaki Hydrogen Park in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The facility consists of a blue hydrogen and ammonia demonstration plant, the Kashiwazaki Hydrogen Power Plant and the Hirai Gas Collection Station. Inpex…
Braskem and Norsk e-Fuel join forces to convert captured CO2 into fuels and plastics
Norsk e-Fuel AS (Oslo, Norway), a pioneer in Power-to-Liquid (PtL) technology, and Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) have announced a strategic collaboration to explore the possible integration of e-Naphtha into the plastics value chain. This partnership aims to accelerate the…
Vianode makes progress on new synthetic-graphite production plant in Ontario
Vianode (Oslo, Norway) officially started site preparation at its new synthetic graphite facility Via TWO in St. Thomas, Ontario. The project is a major milestone in Vianode’s North American expansion plans and set to bring hundreds of new high-skilled jobs…
Aduro Clean Technologies completes pilot-scale testing of steam-cracking oil from recycled plastics
Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (London, Ont.; www.adurocleantech.com), a clean technology company using the power of chemistry to transform lower value feedstocks, like waste plastics, heavy bitumen, and renewable oils, into resources for the 21st century, announces the successful completion of…
Solvay and Sapio collaborating on renewable hydrogen production in Rosignano, Italy
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Sapio have entered a 10-year agreement to collaborate on renewable hydrogen production at Solvay’s Rosignano facility, part of the Hydrogen Valley Rosignano Project aimed at cutting CO2 emissions from Solvay’s peroxides operations. Under the agreement, Sapio…
Plug Power to supply equipment for three Carlton Power hydrogen projects in the U.K.
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) announced it has been selected for an equipment supply and long-term service agreement (LTSA) totaling 55 MW for three green hydrogen projects being developed by Carlton Power in the United Kingdom. The award, subject to…
LanzaJet begins production at large-scale renewable fuels site in Georgia
LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Skokie, Ill.) announced that LanzaJet has fully operated and produced fuels at its LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Soperton, Georgia, USA – marking both the world’s first production at a commercial-scale plant of jet fuel using…
Air Liquide starts up world’s first industrial-scale ammonia-cracking pilot unit
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) announced the successful startup of the world’s first industrial-scale ammonia cracking pilot unit with a 30 tons per day ammonia to hydrogen conversion capacity at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium. This groundbreaking innovation demonstrates a key…
P2 Science and Algenesis partner on algae-derived chemicals and bio-based polyurethanes
P2 Science, Inc. (Woodbridge, Conn.; www.p2science.com) a pioneer in green chemistry and sustainable materials, and Algenesis Corporation (San Diego, Calif.; www.algenesislabs.com), a leader in bio-based and biodegradable polyurethanes, today announced a strategic collaboration to create and commercialize the raw materials…
Indorama Ventures forms textile recycling JV with Jiaren Chemical Recycling
Indorama Ventures Ltd. (Bangkok, Thailand) announced that its Fibers business, a leading global supplier of recycled technical textiles, polyester fibers and yarns, and Jiaren Chemical Recycling, a technology leader in chemical polyester recycling, formed a joint venture to accelerate circularity…