News and industry insights on Chemicals and materials for energy applications, including battery electrolytes, fuel additives, and renewable energy inputs.
End-to-end e‑fuels advanced: Topsoe and Sasol signed a single‑point license for SUSTAERO’s Canadian SAF project; Axens acquired Lurgi MTP to add a methanol‑to‑jet pathway; Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company agreed to offtake 100,000 t/y green methanol from ACME Odisha; and Heurtey Petrochem Solutions will supply an Electrical Tubular Furnace to Pacífico Mexinol.
The LiSA consortium launched a pilot for circular lithium refining; Eni Storage Systems broke ground on an LFP gigafactory; TaiSan raised funding to commercialise sodium‑ion batteries; Vopak approved the Oosterhout 200 MW/800 MWh battery project; and EnergyX’s Black Giant lithium project in Chile gained a 25% Eni stake.
Lhyfe increased its Type IV container fleet and RFNBO‑certified supply; ttz Bremerhaven’s mobile hydrogen station enabled bus deployment in Lower Saxony; Nobian expanded RFNBO‑certified green hydrogen in Rotterdam and Frankfurt; and a multi‑energy hub will add electrolysis and refuelling at the ZILS – Sines Industrial and Logistics Zone.
Al Baleed Petrochemical joined Carbeau to commercialise Volta CO₂‑to‑chemicals technology in Salalah; the Commission reiterated a 50 Mt/y CO₂ storage target by 2030; and Petrobras opened the Pre‑Salt Technology Center to qualify HISEP subsea separation with CO₂‑rich gas reinjection.
The European Commission and EIB disbursed €2.5bn from the Modernisation Fund to 51 energy projects in 11 countries; the EIB approved €250m for Italgas’s 2026–2029 efficiency programme; and INEOS’ Sir Jim Ratcliffe urged measures to address plant closures and Chinese overcapacity in Europe’s chemical sector.
Top 5 companies involved as owner and/or investor in current and planned Energy projects:
TotalEnergies , Eni , Moeve , RWE , Air Liquide , Perpetual Next , Ren-Gas , bp , Shell , and Repsol .
