A new partnership between Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.) and Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) marks a new initiative to efficiently convert waste plastics to circular plastics, keeping them out of the environment and responsibly reclaiming their value. A first step…
Veolia (Paris) is inaugurating three new electric power plants at its waste recovery centers in the states of São Paulo and Santa Catarina in Brazil. In all, they will produce 12.4 MW of renewable electricity using the biogas produced from…
Snam S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) has launched HyAccelerator, the first corporate global-scale startup acceleration program focused on hydrogen. The programmed kicked off with the first call for startups, dedicated to players active along the entire hydrogen value chain, from transportation to…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) and Axens North America, Inc. (Axens) have entered into an agreement that establishes a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the commercialization of sustainable ethanol-to-jet (ETJ) projects in the United States. As part of the alliance, Axens brings technologies with over 60…
Nova Energies – a joint venture of Technip Energies (Paris) and NIPIGAS – has been awarded a Pre-FEED contract by Sibur Holding PJSC (Moscow, Russia) to study potential Carbon Capture solutions for its “ZapSibNeftekhim” plant. The scope of Nova Energies'…
The ORLEN Unipetrol Group (Prague) has announced plans to increase the capacity of its petrochemical operations. Following the completion of a brand-new polyethylene unit (PE3) to produce the cutting-edge high-density polyethylene, the Group now plans to raise steam cracker yields.…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its ammonia technology has been selected by ACME Group for its breakthrough green ammonia project to be built in Oman. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology license, engineering, proprietary equipment, catalyst,…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) plans to build its first, large-scale plastic waste advanced recycling facility in Baytown, Texas, and is expected to start operations by year-end 2022. The advanced recycling operation in Baytown, Texas will be among the largest in…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it will invest around 60 billion won to construct an Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) compound plant at the site of the company's Ohio Tech Center in the United States with an annual…
In parallel with its major project to increase global capacity of bio-based polyamide 11 by 50% in Singapore, Arkema (Colombes, France) has announced the construction of a polyamide 11 powders plant on its Changshu platform in China, scheduled to come…