Latest News: Sustainability
Shell invests in LanzaJet to accelerate commercialization of alcohol-to-SAF technology
LanzaJet, Inc., a sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer launched by LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.), announced that Royal Dutch Shell N.V. (The Hague, the Netherlands) joins as an investor in the company to advance LanzaJet’s global growth, accelerate commercialization…
ECB Group selects UOP technology for advanced biofuels plant in Paraguay
Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.) has announced that Brazil-based ECB Group will use the UOP Ecofining process to convert vegetable oils and inedible animal fats into renewable diesel and jet fuel at the Omega Green production facility in Villeta, near Asuncion, Paraguay. This…
Sewage-to-Hydrogen plant reaches completion in Tokyo
Renewable hydrogen systems manufacturer Ways2H Inc. (Long Beach, Calif.) and its shareholder and technical partner Japan Blue Energy Co. (JBEC) announced the completion of a Tokyo facility that will convert sewage sludge into renewable hydrogen fuel for fuel cell mobility…
Plug Power and Brookfield Renewable Partners to build green hydrogen plant in Pennsylvania
Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.), together with Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P., which is, together with its institutional partners, an owner and operator of one of the world’s largest publicly traded pure-play renewable power platforms, announced plans to build a green hydrogen…
Ørsted developing major green-hydrogen hub serving Dutch and Belgian industrial players
Ørsted A/S (Fredericia, Denmark) announced plans to develop one of the world’s largest renewable hydrogen plants to be linked to industrial demand in the Netherlands and Belgium. 'SeaH2Land' is an ambitious vision, linking GW-scale electrolysis to the large industrial demand…
ExxonMobil and Porsche jointly testing advanced biofuels
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) and Porsche are testing advanced biofuels and renewable, lower-carbon eFuels, as part of a new agreement to find pathways toward potential future consumer adoption. The first iteration of Esso Renewable Racing Fuel is a blend of…
Project for Generating Green Hydrogen and Renewable Methanol Reaches Next Selection Stage for EU Funding
Wacker Chemie AG’s (Munich, Germany) project funding proposal to the European Union for building a production complex for green hydrogen and renewable methanol at its Burghausen site has reached the next selection stage. The funding application states that Wacker wants…
ArcelorMittal plans major investment in German sites to reduce emissions and leverage the hydrogen grid
ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg) is planning to build a large-scale industrial plant for the direct reduction of iron ore (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF)-based steelmaking at its site in Bremen, as well as an innovative DRI pilot plant in addition to…
Trinseo and BASF collaborate on circular styrene production
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced their intention to expand their businesses with the production of styrene based on circular feedstock. The enhanced collaboration between Trinseo and BASF aims to increase efforts by both companies in the…
ContourGlobal and Alpek establish new company focused on carbon capture and liquefaction
ContourGlobal plc (London, U.K.) and Alpek S.A.B. de C.V. (San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico) announced that they have formed a new company that is developing a CO2 capture and liquefaction facility for sale to the food, beverage, and medical industries.…