LanzaJet will be developing the world’s first alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant in Soperton, Georgia, USA and has recently secured investments from the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund. The Freedom Pines Fuels plant is expected to produce 10 million gallons of SAF and renewable diesel annually from sustainable ethanol in 2023.

Under a strategic agreement signed between Honeywell and TotalEnergies, Honeywell will supply Recycled Polymer Feedstock (RPF) to TotalEnergies, which will then convert it into virgin-quality polymers to be used for food-grade packaging and other applications. For this, Honeywell is working together with Sacyr to develop an advanced recycling plant in Spain.

Origin Materials has plans to develop its second manufacturing plant, Origin 2 at Geismar, Louisiana, USA. The facility is expected to convert an estimated 1 million dry metric tons of wood residues annually in order to produce carbon-negative materials and hydrothermal carbon which will be used to manufacture PET plastic and be used in fuel pellets respectively.

Total Energies and Veolia have signed an agreement to produce biomethane from Veolia waste and water treatment facilities operating in more than 15 countries.

India has entered into a collaboration with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to strengthen the country’s renewable energy in order to become a leading producer of green hydrogen. Under the terms of the contract, the two will assess the potential of green hydrogen as an enabler of the country’s transition and as a new source of national energy exports. India is also launching a National Green Hydrogen Mission that will help in the production, storage, distribution, and application technologies of green hydrogen.

Under the terms of the partnership, Matrìca will supply bio-based raw materials from vegetable oils from its Porto Torres plant in Sardinia, Italy to Lanxess in order to manufacture a new generation of industrial preservatives.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in its latest report ‘Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation: The Hydrogen Factor’ elaborates on the new global power dynamics in the background of a hydrogen economy. It also states that green hydrogen has the potential to disrupt global trade and bilateral energy relations with new hydrogen exporters and users.

Yara has plans to decarbonize the food chain by developing fossil free fertilizers or green fertilizers which are produced with ammonia based on renewable energy. The green fertilizers will be marketed by Lantmännen in Sweden by 2023. With this move, the companies aim to develop the world’s first fossil free food chain.

Wanner International’s Hydra-Cell pumps ensure optimum energy usage and have the capacity to reduce the total energy usage by up to 50 % for industrial sectors. It also helps to reduce carbon footprint.

Under the terms of the agreement, L&T and HydrogenPro will set up a joint venture in India to carry out gigawatt-scale production of alkaline water electrolyzers based on HydrogenPro’s technology for the Indian market and other global markets. The move is in line with the country’s aim to become one of the world’s largest green hydrogen hubs.