The environment

Neste has launched a strategic study on transitioning its Porvoo refinery to a renewable and circular site.

The Uzbekistan GTL complex (UzGTL) in the Qashqadaryo Region has announced the start of production of synthetic jet fuel that conforms to international standards (ASTM D-7566) and aviation industry technical requirements.

Chart Industries Inc. and C.A.T. Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bring carbon capture solutions to customers in the Middle East and Africa.

Air New Zealand is set to welcome the first shipment of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel into New Zealand, ready to power the airline's fleet. The shipment of SAF is imported into New Zealand, in partnership with Z Energy.

The Power-to-Liquid synthesis technology, developed by Karlsruhe-based technology company INERATEC, will in future produce around 200 t of eFuels for road as well as rail transport and around 150 t of eWaxes for use in the cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food industries.

Jørg Aarnes, Energy Systems at DNV, Norway, explores key trends in hydrogen production, transport and end use.

BASF and Samsung Heavy Industries will carry out a collaborative feasibility assessment of capturing carbon onboard maritime vessels using BASF’s OASE® blue technology for flue gas applications.

Hydrogen UK (HUK) has added 13 new partners to its membership since April 2022, meaning that the organisation has doubled in size since its launch in December 2021.

Lummus Technology has announced major advancements to the Lummus External Air Preheater technology. The latest innovations can significantly reduce CO2 emissions from cracking heaters at ethylene plants, as well as other fired heaters.

Tecam continues to establish itself in the environmental projects sector with the awarding of three new projects for gas emissions removal in relevant industrial sectors across the Netherlands.

DORIS and Axens have entered in a partnership to jointly develop integrated carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) services.

LG Chem has selected Technip Energies’ proprietary blue hydrogen technology to supply its Daesan complex in South Korea.

Sulzer and BASF sign MoU to develop collaboration on enhancing renewable fuels and plastic recycling technologies.

The UK Government has selected the power CCUS, ICC, waste and CCUS-enabled hydrogen projects to proceed to the due diligence stage of the Phase 2 Cluster Sequencing process.

Danish Technological Institute has united Topsoe, Coloplast, Novo Nordisk, Danfoss, BASF, Grundfos and COOP in a project called Circular Industrial Plastics to increase recycling by at least 20% before 2025.