Global Bioenergies (Evry, France) has announced that Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) signed a purchase order for a volume of Global Bioenergies’ full-bio-based Ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ETBE) to be used for formulation and performance assessment of gasoline. ETBE is widely used…
Petrofac Ltd. (St. Helier, U.K.) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Oman Hydrogen Centre (OHC) to collaborate in building capabilities for Oman’s renewable energy sector, particularly in green hydrogen. Located at German University of Technology (GUtech), OHC is the…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has launched a strategic study on transitioning its refinery in Porvoo, Finland to non-crude oil refining and into a globally leading renewable and circular solutions site. Through co-processing and retrofitting of units, and benefiting from available…
Amogy Inc. and Trafigura announced an agreement to study the use of ammonia as a carrier to transport clean hydrogen from point of production to point of consumption. The findings of this joint research on ammonia cracking will help support…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) opened a new biomanufacturing facility in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The $160 million, 85,000-square-foot facility will help meet growing demand for the biologic materials needed to produce vaccines and breakthrough therapies for cancer and other diseases.…
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) and Kurashiki City concluded an agreement to hold a trial to evaluate and demonstrate the performance of a biogas purification system at a sewage treatment plant in the city. Earlier, the Mizushima Works of Asahi…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has opened a new pilot research unit today at its plant in La Rochelle, France. The unit will enable Solvay to scale up development of advanced inorganic materials for solid electrolytes – a key component of…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced the groundbreaking of its first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility, Net-Zero 1 (NZ1). Gevo’s management team was joined by government officials, representatives from partner companies and customers, business leaders, local farmers, and members of…
Technip Energies (Paris), leader of a consortium with Monford Group, has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) contract by Yuri Operations Pty Ltd, to develop Project Yuri Phase 0 project which is a green hydrogen plant in…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that its subsidiaries Toray Textiles Central Europe s.r.o. (TTCE) and Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. (TAK) have set up new facilities in the Czech Republic to expand the Airlite automotive interior sound acoustic insulation business…