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RMIT researchers harness wastewater to accelerate hydrogen production

Research led by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University has developed an experimental invention to turn wastewater’s high contaminant load into an advantage for making green hydrogen that could reduce reliance on fresh water – a scarce resource…

Carbios enters recycled PET market for tire textile filaments

Carbios (St-Beauzire, France) announced the signing of a multi-year commercial agreement with Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) covering the supply of biorecycled monomers from its Longlaville plant, which will be transformed into r-PET filaments by Indorama Ventures and then…

Par Pacific, Mitsubishi and Eneos form renewable fuels JV in Hawaii

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (Houston), Mitsubishi Corp. (Tokyo), and Eneos Corp. (Tokyo) announced the signing of definitive agreements to establish Hawaii Renewables, LLC , a joint venture to produce renewable fuels at Par Pacific’s refinery in Kapolei Hawaii. Mitsubishi and…

DNV validates Electric Hydrogen’s HYPRPlant turnkey electrolyzer system

DNV has completed a comprehensive technical review of Electric Hydrogen's (EH2; Natick, Mass.) HYPRPlant, validating its alignment with current industry standards for process design, safety and manufacturing process. The pre-engineered electrolyzer system–a device that uses electricity to split water into…

Sasol to supply catalysts for world’s largest power-to-liquids facility

Sasol Chemicals, a business of Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa), and German startup Ineratec GmbH (Karlsruhe, Germany) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) committing to the supply of Sasol’s next generation catalyst as soon as the development cycle is…

Mangrove Lithium to significantly expand North American refining capacity

Mangrove Lithium (Delta, B.C., Canada) announced a major expansion initiative to address North America’s growing need for lithium refining. The new facility will be capable of producing 20,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of battery-grade lithium, enough to power over…

Solvay and Air Products collaborating to reduce scope 3 emissions in France

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has taken a new step to reduce scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by incorporating biogenic CO₂ provided by Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) into its soda ash and bicarbonate production plant in Dombasle, France. The initiative…

LanzaTech receives U.K. grant supporting SAF production projects

LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Skokie, Ill.) announced it has received a grant of £6.4 million from the UK government's Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF), operated by the Department for Transport (DfT). The grant will accelerate the development of LanzaTech’s  DRAGON 1 & 2…

Ineos converts acetyls manufacturing site to hydrogen power, reducing CO2 emissions by 75%

INEOS Ltd. (London) has completed a major £30-million investment at its Hull manufacturing site, converting the facility to run on hydrogen instead of natural gas, resulting in a 75% cut in carbon emissions. The investment is part of INEOS’ wider…

Freeport Eco-Systems and Source One join forces to develop waste pyrolysis infrastructure in Europe

Freepoint Eco-Systems International Ltd. (Stamford, Conn.) and Source One GmbH (Leiferde, Germany) have agreed to enter into a long-term collaboration agreement to develop multiple pretreatment facilities to treat waste streams, such as post-consumer waste (PCR), to support the growth of…