In France, AFYREN, a greentech company building a biobased organic acids plant, has received a €9 million (US$9.5 million) loan from Bpifrance, the French state investment bank. The financing will support start-up of its first plant, located in Saint Avold, France. The loan, structured in two installments of €6 million and €3 million, is part […]
In Cyprus, Cyprus Shipping News reports Verso Energy, a French energy company, has reserved land at Finland’s Port of Oulu for a potential plant to produce hydrogen and synthetic fuels, leveraging the region’s low-cost renewable energy and abundant biogenic carbon dioxide to support aviation and shipping industries. Antoine Huard, CEO of Verso Energy, emphasized the […]
In France, epoxy resin maker Sicomin, Skaw Sailing, and boatbuilder Shoreteam have developed a foiling cruising yacht with partially biobased composite. Dubbed Skaw (A), the yacht was built by Shoreteam and designed by Benoit Marie, founder of Scaw Sailing, and Clément Bercault. According to Composites World, Skaw (A) uses Sicomin’s high-modulus GreenPoxy resin solutions, including […]
In France, TotalEnergies has joined forces with Air Liquide to produce renewable hydrogen at La Mède in southeast France. This new project complements the Masshylia project to produce green hydrogen by electrolysis led by TotalEnergies in partnership with ENGIE. These projects will reduce the La Mède biorefinery’s CO2 annual emissions by 130,000 tons. Air Liquide […]
In France, Fives and Waga Energy have signed a partnership agreement to step up the deployment of WAGABOX units. The agreement strengthens the long-term cooperation between Waga Energy and Fives, enabling both partners to optimize the design and manufacture of WAGABOX units. These units, developed and patented by Waga Energy and in which Fives’ solutions […]
In the Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that French renewable energy company Qair has been awarded a parcel on the Haropa Port site, in Le Havre, to develop its e-methanol production project Methavert. According to Qair, It is one of five Haropa Port parcels designated as “France 2030 industrial sites” in May 2024 and benefiting from […]
In Le Havre, France, renewable energy firm Qair has secured a 60-hectare site at Haropa Port to establish Methavert, an e-methanol production project aimed at decarbonizing maritime and industrial sectors. The site, awarded through Haropa Port’s “Ouest A29” call for projects, will enable Qair to advance renewable hydrogen and methanol production at a critical gateway […]
In India, Veolia and SYTTOM 19 announced a strategic partnership for the next 25 years for a public service delegation involving the construction and management of a new Waste-to-Energy plant in Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche, near Brive-la-Gaillarde, France. Veolia noted that this high-performance waste-to-energy plant will be a model of environmental and technological integration. With a treatment capacity […]
In France, Aerleum recently announced the successful close of its $6M seed round, led by 360 Capital and HTGF, with participation from Norrsken, Bpifrance, and Marble. The funding will accelerate the industrialization of Aerleum’s breakthrough technology, which transforms atmospheric CO₂ and low-carbon hydrogen into synthetic fuels (e-fuels) and chemicals, propelling hard-to-abate sectors toward a carbon-neutral […]
In France, the SIAAP (Interdepartmental Union for the Sanitation of the Paris Agglomeration) and Veolia inaugurated the largest French unit for the production of biomethane from wastewater treatment. The result of two years of studies and work, and installed at the Seine Valenton plant (94), this installation will allow each year, from 2025, to inject […]
