Environment
Only one tank containing jet fuel damaged in ship crash off Britain
Only one tank filled with jet fuel was damaged after the U.S. military-contracted tanker that was transporting a shipment was struck by a cargo ship off England's northeast coast.
ABB and Charbone Hydrogen sign agreement to advance North American green H2 production facilities
ABB and Charbone Hydrogen Corp. – an integrated green H2 production company based in Montreal, Canada – have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreement to collaborate on the development of up to 15 modular and scalable green H2 production facilities across North America over the next five years, providing a clean fuel source for existing H2 users and heavy industrial processes such as steelmaking, which currently use grey H2 as an energy source.
Horisont has signed non-binding ammonia offtake term sheet for the Barents Blue project
Horisont Energi has passed a new milestone for the Barents Blue project by signing a term-sheet (non-binding) with a European energy group for ammonia sales from the planned clean ammonia plant in Northern Norway.
Metacon via Pherousa receives initial AiP from ABS and DNV for ammonia cracking
Metacon has received two initial Approvals in Principle (AiP) for its ammonia cracking technology, exclusively licensed to Pherousa for use onboard ships, granted by American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and DNV on an independent evaluation basis.
Green Science Alliance makes bio-based biodegradable lubricant from waste cooking oil and plant-based ingredients
Green Science Alliance has developed a lubricant from plant-based ingredients and waste cooking oils.
BASF signs long-term agreement with Braven Environmental for supply of advanced recycled feedstock
BASF Corp. and Braven Environmental, a market leader in advanced recycling, have signed a supply agreement for Braven PyChem®. This advanced recycled feedstock, derived from mixed plastic waste, will partially replace fossil resources at the BASF TotalEnergies Petrochemical (BTP) facility in Port Arthur, Texas. Under the agreement, Braven will supply BASF from a multi-unit facility that Braven has announced it will build in Texarkana, Texas.
Borealis launches Borcycle™ M linear low-density flexible packaging grade with 85% PCR content
Borealis has introduced Borcycle™ M CWT120CL, a high-performance, recycled linear low-density polyethylene grade (rLLDPE) designed to advance circularity in non-food flexible packaging.
Utility achieves H2 production using steel manufacturing off-gases
Utility has announced the successful operation of the company’s H2Gen system at a major steel plant in North America. Utility’s H2Gen system successfully produced the world’s first hydrogen (H2) using steel plant off-gas (blast furnace gas) in an elegant single process step under actual site conditions.
Técnicas Reunidas will carry out the engineering services to develop one of Europe’s largest green methanol plant
REOLUM has awarded a consortium formed by Técnicas Reunidas and Siemens Energy the front-end engineering design of the La Robla Green project, which aims to develop what will be one of Europe’s largest renewable methanol plants in the municipality of La Robla, Spain.
ABB signs agreement with Dow as the automation partner to support Path2Zero ethylene complex in Canada
ABB has signed a Leveraged Procurement Agreement to support as the automation partner for Dow’s Path2Zero project at Fort Saskatchewan in Alberta, Canada.

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