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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…

Freepoint 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…

Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Technip Energies sign agreement to deliver carbon-capture solution

Shell Catalysts & Technologies (Houston, Tex.) and Technip Energies (Paris, France) have signed their global alliance agreement to work exclusively together to deliver a post-combustion amine-based carbon capture solution using Shell’s CANSOLV* CO₂ Capture System.  The alliance combines Shell Catalysts…

Evonik now using green electricity for polybutadiene production in Germany

Since July 1, 2025, Evonik’s Coating & Adhesive Resins business line (Marl, Germany; coating-adhesive-resin.evonik.com) has been using green electricity for its polybutadiene production in Marl, Germany. This initiative is part of Evonik’s sustainability strategy aimed at achieving its environmental goals…

Black & Veatch completes FEED study for green hydrogen project in U.K.

Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) has completed execution of a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for the Whitelee Green Hydrogen Project, a proposed development by owner ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited (Glasgow, U.K.; www.scottishpower.com). The contract was awarded to…

Moeve and Zaffra exploring development of e-SAF facilities in Spain

Moeve (formerly Cepsa; Madrid, Spain) and Zaffra, a joint venture between Sasol and Topsoe, announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see the Spanish energy firm and the Amsterdam based e-SAF developer take a step forward…

Independence Hydrogen scores strategic investment from Sumitomo

Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo), through its U.S. subsidiary Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, announced a strategic investment in Independence Hydrogen to develop additional decentralized hydrogen production and distribution projects in the United States. Independence Hydrogen, Inc. is a privately held company that…

Verne to construct new plant in Pennsylvania for hydrogen-storage vessels

Alongside Governor Josh Shapiro, Verne Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.; ) announced that it will open its first manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania. The nearly $4.5-million project will create at least 61 new, full-time jobs in Lycoming County and further cement Pennsylvania’s…

H2Future, one of the world’s longest-running green-hydrogen projects, will be further expanded

voestalpine (Linz, Austria) and VERBUND are further extending one of the world’s longest-running proton-exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis plants, H2FUTURE, in Linz, Austria. The expansion includes the production, compression, purification, storage, loading, and further use of green hydrogen. To this end,…

Forest biomass to SAF: Axens teams up with Natural State Renewables

Natural State Renewables, a future leader in carbon-negative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production, has announced its strategic partnership with Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France), along with technology partner thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany), to use the proven BioTfueL technology to produce SAF made…