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20 February 202517 February 2025

Repsol will invest more than €800 million in the Tarragona Ecoplant, a pioneering project in Europe to produce renewable methanol

The gasification technology, developed by Enerkem, has received funding from the Innovation Fund of the European Union due to its high potential for reducing emissions and the innovative nature of the project


13 September 20237 September 2023

Enerkem and Technip Energies Join Forces on Waste-to-Biofuels and Circular Chemicals Technology Deployment

Enerkem intends to establish a Development Company to acquire sites and secure relevant permits for the replicable methanol biorefinery, supporting the production of bio and low-carbon fuels, circular chemicals


3 April 202330 March 2023

The 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy 2023

The Digest slideshow of the top 50 bioeconomy companies


7 July 20224 July 2022

NOVA Chemicals and Enerkem Collaborate to Close the Loop on Plastics Recycling

Research Seeks New Way to Reduce Waste to Landfill and Drive Zero Plastic Waste


13 May 202210 May 2022

Nova Chemicals: Entwicklung eines chemischen Recyclingverfahrens für Kunststoffabfälle – Kooperation mit Enerkem

Aus bislang nicht recycelbaren Kunststoffabfällen soll Synthesegas gewonnen werden, das zur Erzeugung von Ethylen für die Weiterverarbeitung zu neuwertigen Polymeren dient


29 April 202228 April 2022

Enerkem, Nova chart new path from waste plastic to Circularity

Four storylines this month compel attention to the useful products now available from renewable syngas. Some are of everyday usefulness, some are stories of meeting urgent need


26 April 202220 April 2022

NOVA Chemicals and Enerkem Advance Commercialization of Made-in-Alberta Chemical Recycling Technology

The team has been working to achieve lower greenhouse gas emissions while significantly accelerating the upgrading process for waste materials


Enerkem closes $255 million financing round to drive its growth and deployment of its leading gasification technology

Strong partnership support through new investments by Repsol and Monarch and additional investments from Avenue and other existing shareholders


20 April 202213 April 2022

Renewable Methanol Market – Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Trends, Application Analysis, Growth And Forecast 2022-2027

The demand for renewable methanol is extensively driven by the automobile sector where it is implemented as fuel for the internal combustion engine, hybrid (fuel/electric) systems, and fuel cells


8 April 20224 April 2022

Ecoplanta signs grant agreement with the European Commission under the Innovation Fund

The Ecoplanta project, one of seven at European level and the only Spanish candidacy selected in this call, aims to transform non-recyclable Municipal waste materials rejected by sorting centers into green chemicals and fuels


15 December 202113 December 2021

The 10 Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEOs 2021

Survey to choose the most innovative bioeconomy CEO of 2021


8 December 20216 December 2021

Enerkem achieves a major breakthrough by producing sustainable aviation fuel from local forest biomass

The research is part of The Sky’s the Limit Challenge organized by Natural Resources Canada and for which Enerkem was selected as a finalist


18 June 202119 October 2021

From Waste-to-Chemicals to Waste-to-Jet

Partners repurpose the Rotterdam waste-to-chemicals project to waste-to-jet based on substantial targets and demand for Sustainable Aviation Fuel, expected support for Recycled Carbon Fuels and a full scope, ‘in-house’ technical solution to be provided by Enerkem and Shell


10 May 202118 June 2021

Repsol to join Enerkem and Agbar to build a waste to chemicals plant in Tarragona

Under the JV the plant will process around 400,000 tons of non-recyclable municipal solid waste from its surrounding regions and produce 220,000 tons of methanol


4 January 202116 December 2020

CAD$875 million biofuel plant in Varennes, Québec Enerkem proposed partnership with Shell, Suncor and Proman with the leadership of the Québec government and support from the Canadian government

Enerkem and partners to build waste-based methanol plant in Canada


3 June 202028 May 2020

Scrap to Wrap, a new app? NOVA, Enerkem set sights on garbage-to-ethylene, and how, and why

Joint development agreement to explore turning non-recyclable and non-compostable municipal waste into ethylene


22 May 20209 September 2021

NOVA Chemicals and Enerkem Collaborate to Close the Loop on Plastics Recycling

Research Seeks New Way to Reduce Waste to Landfill and Drive Zero Plastic Waste


7 March 20196 March 2019

W2C Rotterdam project welcomes Shell as partner

Shell joins as equity partner with Air Liquide, Enerkem, Nouryon and the Port of Rotterdam


6 December 20189 December 2018

The 10 Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEOs in 2018 – Now choose the number 1

Il Bioeconomista has asked a panel of world bioeconomy experts to tell us the Chief Executive Officers that have stood out as the most innovative during the last year


26 September 201824 September 2018

Enerkem commits to taking action on ocean plastics waste

Company pledges to help advance climate action, and endorses the Ocean Plastics Charter, during the G7 Environment, Energy and Oceans Ministerial Meeting


21 September 201819 September 2018

Enerkem produces a new clean, renewable alternative solution to diesel fuel for the transportation sector

Enerkems innovation group has tested and validated the production of fuel-grade bio-DME made from unrecoverable carbon-rich municipal solid waste


12 September 20189 September 2021

The Silent Fuel: Methanol for power, fuels and chemistry in a low-carbon economy

From Switzerland comes word of a technology for methanol synthesis plants which capture CO2 from the environment to create renewable methanol fuel


15 March 201813 March 2018

Shortlist Announced: Bio-Based World News Innovation Awards 2018

Winners will be announced on Tuesday 20th March at World Bio Markets 2018 in Amsterdam


21 February 201819 February 2018

Enerkem: Partners agree on initial funding to kick off waste-to-chemistry project in Rotterdam

Project to be first of its kind in Europe to provide a sustainable alternative solution for non-recyclable plastics and other mixed wastes


20 February 201814 February 2018

Enerkem raises its largest financing round of C$280 million in new capital

BlackRock and China's Sinobioway Group join as Enerkem investors


16 February 201814 February 2018

10 Years After: Advanced Biofuels’ Status, Opportunities and Challenges

Dr. Lorenz Bauer, Ph.D., Member Lee Enterprises Consulting, will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC


6 February 20181 February 2018

LanzaTech, Novozymes, Amyris, DSM, Enerkem, POET, BASF, Genomatica and Braskem Hot 50 voting lead as voting nears final week

This week’s summary includes photo and other bonus votes which are just now beginning to come in


31 January 201829 January 2018

The rise, rise, rise of bio-methanol for fuels and chemical markets

For the North American and European markets more projects aimed at methanol as a chemical intermediate springing up are expected


25 January 201823 January 2018

Enerkem and Sinobioway Group sign a C$125M agreement to accelerate Enerkem’s global expansion and create a joint venture to build over 100 biofuel facilities in China

Joint venture will spearhead the development of a clean economy, reducing air pollution by producing renewable fuels from non-recyclable garbage


12 December 20178 December 2017

LanzaTech, Novozymes, Amyris, DSM, Enerkem, POET, BASF, Genomatica and Avantium among early Hot 50 voting leaders

The Digest released the early-voting totals from Subscriber Voting — which do not yet include Invited International Selector votes


29 August 20179 September 2021

Methanol and Bio-economy: Now and the Future

The continued growth of the methanol economies provides significant opportunities for investment in novel production methods


12 May 201727 April 2017

Unstash that Trash: Material(s) progress in making fuels, chemicals from Municipal solid waste

Enerkem’s product removes carbon emissions from the atmosphere, rather than adding to them


13 October 201611 October 2016

Rotterdam is proposed location for waste-to-chemicals plant using Enerkem’s technology

New chemical plant to convert residual waste into methanol as chemicalblock


20 September 20169 September 2021

Virgin ♥ LanzaJet fuel: “A real game changer for aviation,” says Branson

New LanzaTech's Lanzanol works in passenger cars and drops carbon by 80 percent


5 September 201629 August 2016

Enerkem’s facility in Edmonton becomes the first ISCC certified plant in the world to convert municipal solid waste into biomethanol

This reputable third-party certification confirms that Enerkem meets high ecological and social sustainability requirements


27 April 201619 April 2016

Methanol as a chemical platform: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Enerkem

Slide deck presented from Enerkem Senior Vice President can be seen below


23 February 201622 February 2016

The 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2016

Rankings recognize innovation and achievement in fuels, biobased chemicals and materials


2 February 201626 January 2016

The Top 25 advanced bioeconomy capital raises of the year

Average deal size among the Top 25 was $45.86M


22 September 201519 September 2015

Enerkem ernennt neuen CFO

Neue Führungskraft bringt 25 Jahre Erfahrung in verschiedenen Industriesparten mit


Enerkem appoints new CFO

New executive bringing more than 25 years experience in various industrial sectors


15 September 201512 September 2015

Enerkem raises C$152.6 million in financings

Company initiated the production of biomethanol from non-recyclable household garbage at the Alberta Biofuels full-scale facility in Edmonton, Canada


11 September 20159 September 2015

How to Turn an Old Sofa into Biofuel

A Dutch initiative explores methods on how to use solid urban waste to produce liquid biofuels and biochemicals


23 July 201522 July 2015

Biology, Catalysts, Electrocatalysis, Oh My!

BIO held a breakout session as part of the Renewable Chemicals Track


12 June 201511 June 2015

A Dutch initiative investigates how waste can be used to produce biochemicals

New PPP's aim is Enerkem’s technology to manufacture synthesis gas from waste and use it as feedstock for products such as methanol and ammonia


9 April 20158 April 2015

US poised for biobased chemicals breakout, says National Research Council

Though challenges remain, particularly in affordable feedstock, the US National Research Council says “Despite impressive recent and projected growth, the manufacturing of chemicals using biological synthesis and engineering could expand even faster.”


30 January 201529 January 2015

A U.S. biorefinery industry is emerging

Bioindustry needs to have facilities that focus on high-value-added bioproducts such as chemical intermediates and specialty chemicals


6 January 20155 January 2015

10 Biggest Bioeconomy Blockbuster Stories of 2014: Asia and Oceania

The East is Green: Asia is confirmed as “the new Brazil” as project developers head en masse to the friendly receptions in Asian countries — based on energy diversification and rural development opportunities


14 November 201413 November 2014

Enerkem partners with AkzoNobel to jointly explore development of waste-to-chemicals facilities in Europe

Enerkem to license its exclusive breakthrough technology to convert municipal and other waste feedstocks into chemicals


6 June 20145 June 2014

Enerkem launches world’s first, game-changing full-scale waste-to-biofuels and chemicals facility

First commercial advanced biorefinery to exclusively use municipal solid waste to produce advanced biofuels and chemicals


31 January 201430 January 2014

It’s 2014: Feel the pressure, turn up the heat, and get cracking

Hydrotreating, catalytic cracking, pyrolysis, metathesis, supercritical, and catalytic reforming

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