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Methanex and Entropy pursuing CCUS project at methanol plant in Alberta

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 partners with leading textile companies to create PEF fabrics for mattresses

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 technology selected for large-scale carbon-capture project in Stockholm

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 to build one of the largest green-hydrogen plants in Germany

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 and Mitsubishi to collaborate on development of renewable-chemical supply chains

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 partners with Elevated Materials to repurpose carbon-fiber prepreg waste

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 invests in electrolyzer specialist Ohmium

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 announces plans for Europe’s first H2-ready combined heat and power plant

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 granted funding for green-hydrogen project at Lingen Refinery

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…

Survey: North American insulation manufacturers used 3 billion pounds of recycled materials in 2023

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…