Latest News: Sustainability
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…
MHI selected by Hokkaido Electric to design Japan’s largest CO2-capture plant
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo) has received an order from Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. (HEPCO) for the basic design of a CO2 capture plant (Front End Engineering Design, FEED) for the company's Tomato-Atsuma Power Station. The plant will…
Metso to enhance mill-lining recycling capabilities with TL Solutions acquisition
Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) is enhancing its mill-lining recycling technology development and customer service capabilities by signing an agreement to acquire TL Solution’s recycling operations and induction-heating technology development capabilities. TL Solution, a privately owned company based in Oulu, Finland,…