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First-of-a-kind hydrogen project employs thermal-plasma electrolysis in cement production

Cemex Ventures, Cemex’s corporate venture capital (CVC) and open innovation unit, announced an initial hydrogen deployment at industrial scale with HiiROC (Hull, U.K.), the pioneering British hydrogen company that produces affordable, clean hydrogen, at its Rugby cement plant in the…

CSIRO solid-oxide electrolyzer pilot demonstrates efficiency and durability at Bluescope Steel Plant

CSIRO (Melbourne), Australia’s national science agency, has successfully trialled its game-changing hydrogen production technology at BlueScope’s Port Kembla Steelworks in New South Wales, demonstrating affordable and renewable hydrogen can be generated at scale to help decarbonize heavy industry.   CSIRO’s tubular…

Elkem secures €1.8 million grant to explore CO2-free silicon production

Elkem ASA (Oslo, Norway) has secured €1.8 million in funding from the European Union for the groundbreaking Elkem Sicalo (Silicon production with carbon looping) project, which aims to eliminate all CO2 emissions from silicon production. Elkem, SINTEF and NORCE are…

Topsoe and Aramco to jointly develop blue-hydrogen project in Saudi Arabia

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) and Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to produce low-carbon hydrogen, also referred to as blue hydrogen, using Topsoe’s ground-breaking eREACT technology in Aramco’s Shaybah NGL facility. The JDA underlines the…

Corteva and bp plan JV for biofuel feedstocks

Corteva Inc. (Indianapolis, Ind.) announced a collaboration with bp (London) on the companies’ shared intent to form a crop-based biofuel feedstock joint venture (JV). The JV envisaged by Corteva and bp would produce and deliver crop-based biofuel feedstocks to help…

BASF and Shenergy Group enter cooperation to accelerate international biomethane projects

BASF SE (Ludiwgshafen, Germany) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shenergy Group through its subsidiaries Shanghai Gas Co. and Shanghai Shenji Environmental Technology Co.. This strategic partnership aims to foster long-term collaboration among the three parties in the commercialization…

Chementator Briefs: December 2024

Sustainable SMR In the pursuit of lowering greenhouse gas emissions, hydrogen has gained much attention as a potentially “clean” energy source. Typically, hydrogen is produced by steam methane reforming (SMR), a process which itself produces greenhouse gases. Efforts to lower…

Upgrading organic wastewater into fuel feedstocks

Although wastewater streams with high organic content — such as those from breweries and dairy facilities — can be difficult to treat and expensive to dispose of, there is potential to valorize their carbon content with the right process. Based…

Cost Engineering with Previously Owned Process Equipment

Previously used process equipment can offer significant cost advantages in capital construction projects, but there are important questions to consider before pursuing pre-owned equipment Many misconceptions persist in the marketplace about secondhand equipment. Companies worry that previously owned equipment may…

Air Liquide will build hydrogen production unit at TotalEnergies biorefinery site

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) recently announced a renewable hydrogen production project at TotalEnergies (Courbevoie, France; www.totalenergies.com) La Mède (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France) site. In the context of a long-term contract, Air Liquide will cover the hydrogen needs of…