Latest News: Sustainability
Andritz and RAG Austria commence construction of Austria’s largest green-hydrogen plant
ANDRITZ AG (Graz, Austria) and RAG Austria AG (Vienna, Austria) have officially marked the start of construction with a groundbreaking ceremony for Austria's largest green hydrogen plant. The 12.5 MW facility will help store surplus renewable energy generated in the…
Siemens and FuelCell Energy collaborate to develop scalable fuel-cell power solutions
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) and FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, Connecticut) (Nasdaq: FCEL) have announced a collaboration to accelerate the growth of fuel cell-based power generation. The agreement aligns electrical design and supply with fuel cell technologies to support deployment of…
Catalyxx secures €20 million grant for first European commercial bio-based alcohols plant
Catalyxx (Chesterfield, Missouri) has secured a €20-million grant in European Union funding through RenewChem, a flagship project selected by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU). The funding will support the construction of Catalyxx's first commercial bio-based chemicals plant…
Michelin and Axens enter exclusive talks for 5-HMF green chemistry partnership
Michelin ResiCare (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Axens S.A. (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced that they have entered into exclusive discussions regarding the establishment of a strategic partnership centered on an innovative technology for the production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), a key building block for…
DEScycle opens demonstration plant for critical materials recovery from e-waste in U.K.
DEScycle (London, U.K.; www.descycle.com) opened its first demonstration plant at Wilton Centre in Teesside, U.K., marking the first operational deployment of its distributed metals processing infrastructure platform and a significant step towards strengthening the UK’s domestic critical minerals supply chain. …
INEOS and Recuro sign MoU for plastics recycling facility in Norway
INEOS (London, U.K.; www.ineos.com) and Norwegian recycling company Recuro (Alesund, Norway; www.recuro.no) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a state-of-the-art advanced recycling facility at INEOS’ Bamble polymer site in Norway. Once commissioned, the plant will process up…
World’s largest e-methanol reactor delivered in major decarbonization initiative
Icelandic firm Carbon Recycling International (CRI) recently delivered the largest of its kind e-methanol reactor for the Liaoyuan E-Methanol Project in Jilin Province, China. Delivery and successful installation of CRI’s proprietary methanol converter reactor is a major construction milestone. The…
Commercialization of fermented lactoferrin takes a major step forward
Novonesis Group (Lyngby, Denmark) announced an agreement with TurtleTree, an expert in precision fermented ingredients, and the first company to receive a US GRAS “No Objection Letter” for its precision fermented lactoferrin LF+®. Simultaneously, Novonesis is making a minor investment…
DeNora selected to provide large-scale PFAS-treatment technology in Virginia
Industrie De Nora S.p.A (Milan, Italy) as been selected by the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) to provide its SORB FX Ion Exchange (IX) PFAS removal system for the SWIFT advanced water treatment facility at HRSD’s Nansemond Treatment Plant in…
Nobian and partners launch pilot project to scale up lithium refining in Europe
Nobian (Utrecht, the Netherlands) has initiated the LiSA consortium together with Back to Battery, the University of Twente and Demcon Suster. The Institute for Sustainable Process Technology (ISPT) will coordinate the pilot project and disseminate the obtained insights throughout its…