INNIO Group (Jenbach, Austria; www.innio.com) today announced that it was awarded the COGEN Europe Recognition Award 2024 in the Technology and Innovation category for its 1 MW-class hydrogen combined heat and power (CHP) plant. Powered by green hydrogen, INNIO Group…
NextChem (Maire; Milan, Italy; www.nextchem.com) unveiled today its new high-tech engineering center, the “NX Engineering District”, in Catania, Sicily, in a ceremony attended by the local political and institutional leaders. The NX Engineering District, in Sicily’s Science and Technology Park,…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that its MegaMax catalyst was selected for a China’s biomass gasification-to-green methanol project. The plant will use a combination of farm waste and wind power to produce up…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index® (CEPCI) for September 2024 (most recent available) decreased slightly compared to the previous month’s value. The decline — the third consecutive monthly decrease — was driven mostly by a fall in…
The Global Impact Coalition (GIC; Geneva, Switzerland; www.globalimpactcoalition.com), a CEO-led coalition committed to advancing a circular, net-zero future for the chemical industry, marks its first anniversary since spinning off from the World Economic Forum. Established as an independent entity in…
Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.avantium.com) a leading company in renewable and circular polymer materials, announces the strengthening of its partnership with SCG Chemicals Public Company Limited (Bangkok, Thailand; www.scgchemicals.com) a leading chemical player in Asia and an innovator of…
Rio Tinto (London, U.K.; www.riotinto.com) has entered into definitive agreements with GravitHy (Marseille, France; www.gravithy.eu), an early-stage industrial company, to help accelerate GravitHy’s steel decarbonization project in France. As part of this collaboration, Rio Tinto will supply high-grade direct reduction…
Uniper (Düsseldorf, Germany; uniper.energy) has selected Electric Hydrogen (Natick, Mass.; www.eh2.com) as its exclusive partner to design a 200 Megawatt (MW) electrolyzer plant for the large-scale electrolysis within Uniper’s Green Wilhelmshaven project in Northern Germany. Electric Hydrogen began conducting…
Asahi Kasei Battery Separator Corporation marked a significant step in its commitment to supporting the North American electric vehicle (EV) market by breaking ground on its new lithium-ion battery separator manufacturing facility in Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. The plant is expected…
Neste (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) and Singapore-based essential chemicals company PCS Pte. Ltd. (www.pcs.com.sg) have launched a cooperation for the supply of renewable solutions to Southeast Asia’s chemicals industry. The collaboration aims at introducing renewable raw materials to replace fossil ones…