Orbia (Mexico City, Mexico) announced its fourth venture-capital investment through Orbia Ventures. Orbia led a $20 million investor syndicate in backing Battery Resourcers (BR), a vertically integrated lithium-ion battery recycling and manufacturing company. Series B financing will support Battery Resourcers…
New Hope Energy (Tyler, Tex.) has signed a long-term agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical LP (CP Chem; the Woodlands, Tex.) to provide ISCC PLUS certified renewable chemical feedstock produced through pyrolysis. New Hope Energy builds advanced recycling plants that process…
Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India) was awarded a contract to set up India’s largest-capacity syrup-based ethanol plant from a Godavari Biorefineries Ltd (GBL) in Karnataka. As a part of this project, Praj will expand the existing ethanol manufacturing capacity to…
AmSty (The Woodands, Tex.) and Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.) announced an agreement to explore the development of a jointly owned advanced recycling facility. The initial scope of this project will be a 50 to 100 ton/day advanced recycling facility located…
SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), to help SIRC set up its first chemical recycling project to enable the use…
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that it has obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification, one of the world’s largest sustainability certification systems, for Wesseling, Germany, cracker and European polymer sites. As a result…
Linde Engineering (Pullach, Germany) has won the official bid for the design and construction of an integrated hydrogen fueling station and electrolysis plant for AGR (Abfallentsorgungs-Gesellschaft Ruhrgebiet mbH) in Herten, Germany. The project comprising hydrogen production and high-performance fueling technology…
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall AB (Stockholm, Sweden) have commenced building a rock cavern storage facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas on a pilot scale next to HYBRIT’s pilot facility for direct reduction in Luleå, North of Sweden. This is an important…
Kolon Industries and SK Global Chemical Ltd. (both Seoul, South Korea) are cooperating to launch eco-friendly biodegradable plastic product PBAT (Polybuthylene Adipate-co-Terephthalate), which can “decomposes well,” in the third quarter this year. PBAT is an environmental-friendly plastic product that quickly…
Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) has become a partner in the Swedish company Liquid Wind, which develops electro-fuel facilities to produce renewable clean fuels. Alfa Laval will be part of the Liquid Wind board and contribute with its heat transfer…