Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) has licensed two patented catalyst technologies from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL; Oak Ridge, Tenn.) for use in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). “This partnership will streamline the…
WPU, Vitol’s plastics recycling business, plans to build a new chemical recycling facility for end-of-life plastics at the Port of Rotterdam, alongside Vitol’s refinery, VPR. The new plant will have the capacity to process 80,000 tonnes a year of post-consumer…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that it has entered into a contract with X-Energy Reactor Com., LLC (Rockville, Md) to support the company’s proposed advanced nuclear project at Dow’s UCC Seadrift Operations in south Texas. Under the agreement, Fluor will…
TotalEnergies SE (Paris), and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, a global clean energy leader, have signed a binding agreement to establish a $2.2 billion 50/50 joint venture (JV) that will merge their onshore renewable activities in nine…
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) announced it has been awarded the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract to supply a 275 MW GenEco PEM electrolyzer system for Hy2gen Canada Inc.’s “Courant” project. The system represents one of the largest electrolyzer project…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that it has been selected by America First Refining (AFR) to execute the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for their large-scale refining facility in Brownsville, Texas. The AFR facility is the first new refinery to…
XCF Global, Inc. (Houston) announced the execution of a commercial collaboration agreement with Axens North America, Inc., a leading global licensor of sustainable refining and biofuels technologies. This collaboration is anticipated to enable XCF to deploy its proprietary modular refinery…
ORLEN S.A. (Płock, Poland) announced that on 31 March 2026 it concluded a preliminary agreement to acquire all shares of Grupa Azoty Polyolefins S.A. (GAP), (the Transaction). ORLEN currently holds 17,3% shares of GAP. The Transaction involves acquisition of all…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Sevnce Robotics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration between the robotic industry and the chemical sector. Through the partnership, both companies aim to advance the smart and sustainable transformation of the…
Umicore has inaugurated its new innovation center in Shanghai, China – the company’s first corporate research and development facility outside Europe. The center will reinforce the link between its local business activities and innovation needs. Located in the Waigaoqiao Free…