Latest News: Sustainability
Splitwaters to develop e-fuels facilities using Topsoe’s technologies
Splitwaters (Houston) announced plans to develop a number of e-fuels facilities utilizing its state-of-the-art alkaline electrolyzers and Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) technology for the backend fuels and chemicals production. By leveraging modular design principles and managing the projects Splitwaters aims…
Schneider Electric and GR3N create open automation system for advanced recycling
Schneider Electric (Paris) has partnered with Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) chemical recycler GR3N S.A. (Lugano, Switzerland) to create the first open automation system for the advanced plastic recycling industry. With 50% of global plastic waste ending up in landfills and only…
Eni moves forward to biorefinery plans in Livorno
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) has been granted authorization by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, following the opinions of the National Institute of Health and the regional government of Tuscany,…
Hycamite opens Europe’s largest methane-splitting plant for low-carbon hydrogen production
Hycamite TCD Technologies (Kokkola, Finland), a specialist in emissions-free methane-splitting technology, has opened Europe’s largest methane-splitting plant in Kokkola, Finland. Once fully operational, the nominal capacity of Hycamite’s Customer Sample Facility (CSF) will reach 2,000 tons of low-carbon hydrogen and…
Eni and BP among investors in carbon-capture technology firm Mantel Capture
Mantel Capture, Inc. (Mantel), the technology provider of a carbon capture system using molten borates, announced it has raised $30 million in Series A funding co-led by Shell Ventures and Eni Next. Additional participating investors include Engine Ventures, New Climate…
OneD Battery Sciences completes silicon-anode manufacturing pilot plant
OneD Battery Sciences (Palo Alto, Calif.) announced the successful completion and commissioning of its SINANODE pilot production line in Moses Lake, Washington. This milestone marks an important step forward in scaling up the production of OneD's silicon-graphite anode materials for…
Lanxess awarded ICIS Innovation Award for new LFP battery material
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) has developed new high-quality iron oxides for use in lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries and received the prestigious ICIS Innovation Award 2024. The award in the category “Best Product Innovation from a Large Company” recognizes LANXESS’…
Westlake announces pilot program for recycling PVC medical waste
Westlake Global Compounds and Westlake Dimex, business units of Westlake Corp. (Houston), announced the launch of “Choose Pink,” a pilot polyvinyl chloride (PVC) recycling program with Houston Methodist Hospital. The program is the first-of-its-kind at a health care system in…
MOL Group starts production at green-hydrogen plant in Hungary
MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary) announced that a 10-MW green hydrogen plant, the largest in Central and Eastern Europe, has started production at MOL's Százhalombatta refinery. The facility produces 1,600 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of clean, carbon-neutral green hydrogen which…
Saffire Renewables breaks ground on SAF manufacturing plant in Kansas
SAFFiRE Renewables, LLC (SAFFiRE) broke ground on its pilot plant at Conestoga Energy’s Arkalon Energy facility in Liberal, Kansas, marking a significant step in SAFFiRE’s journey to transform corn stover into an abundant low carbon feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel…