Scientists at the Technical University of Munich have developed a method that could make the production of fuel from waste economically viable.

Munich-based Wacker Chemie has intensified its cooperation with Royal Tech CSP of China, a specialist for efficient solar thermal systems that are based on CSP (concentrated solar power) technologies.

The food vs. fuel debate has cast a dark shadow over the potentials of biofuels - now second generation processes aim to untap to huge heaps of biogenic residues that forestry and agriculture produce. One of them, the Bioliq process of KIT and Air Liquide, announces anew milestone; The start up of the second stage of its pilot plant...

Neste and Remondis have plans to accelerate chemical recycling and aim to process over 200 kilo tonnes of waste plastic every year. Together, both the firms will combine their expertise to build an ecosystem around chemical recycling which will assist other companies in the value chain to follow suit.

Batteries are the key technology for the electromobility of the future. Over the next five years, BASF will be investing a three-digit million euro sum in researching, developing and the production of battery materials. Part of the investment is being channeled into the construction of a production plant for advanced cathode materials.

The 3330 exhibitors at K 2019 emphasized the necessity of having operational circular economies along the complete material chain and presented concrete solutions. The approximately 225,000 visitors from 165 countries took great interest in recycling systems, sustainable raw materials, resource-saving processes.

Total’s Synova aims to produce 40,000 tonnes of recycled polypropylene per year by 2021 to meet the growing demands for high-performance recycled materials from the automobile sector. The move is in line with the company’s ambition of becoming a responsible energy major.

Carbonization processes such as pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) expected to fulfil important roles in future bio-refinery concepts. However, until now a major problem is: These processes form waste waters that contain various environmental hazardous substances. Researchers in Potsdam/Germany seem to crack it.

Technip, leader of a joint venture with Fluor, was awarded a Program Management Consultancy (PMC) contract by Petronas for the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project located in the state of Johor, Malaysia.

Eastman’s unique Carbon Renewal Technology makes use of waste plastic to produce new polyester-based polymers. The company plans to use up to 50 million pounds of waste plastic in its carbon renewal technology operations in 2020.