Methanex Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Can.) and carbon-capture specialist Entropy Inc. (Calgary, Alta., Canada) have entered into an agreement to invest in a Preliminary Front-End Engineering and Design (Pre-FEED) study for carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) deployment at Methanex’s Medicine…
Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) announced a strategic collaboration with leading textile innovators Auping, Monosuisse and Antex. This partnership aims to develop PEF-based yarns, to be used in mattresses for Auping. This collaboration demonstrates the broad potential of fibers and…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) announced that its large-scale CO₂ -iquefaction technology, Cryocap LQ, has been selected by Stockholm Exergi AB, Stockholm’s energy company, to contribute to its Bio-Energy Carbon Capture & Storage (BECCS) project. This new technology is an important…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) plans to build a plant for the production of green hydrogen in the Brainergy Park Jülich intermunicipal industrial estate in Germany, a business park is designed to promote technologies supporting energy transition. The hydrogen…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) and Mitsubishi Corp. (MC; Tokyo) have agreed to establish a strategic partnership focusing on developing value chains for renewable chemicals and plastics for and with Japanese brands. The partners are targeting brands in industries such as…
Toray Composite Materials America, Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of carbon fiber and prepreg materials, announced the execution of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) adding Elevated Materials as a provider of repurposing services for its Tacoma, Washington facility. Under the…
3M (St. Paul, Minn.) has completed a strategic investment in Ohmium International, a developer of electrolyzer systems for green hydrogen production. The investment is part of 3M's commitment to advancing technologies that support the transition to a low-carbon economy and…
Essar Energy Transition (EET) announced the launch of EET Hydrogen Power, Europe’s first hydrogen-ready combined heat and power plant (CHP) to be built at its Stanlow refinery, with the aim of completing construction in 2027. The investment will support EET…
Bp plc (London) has been granted funding, provided jointly by BMWK and the Lower-Saxony Government, as part of the European IPCEI Hy2Infra wave for a green hydrogen project in Germany. The funding will help support the development of a 100-MW…
The North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA) recently announced the result of its annual recycled content survey, which reports its members' use of recycled materials. In 2023, NAIMA members in the U.S. and Canada used more than 3.0 billion pounds…