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Dow propylene glycol plant in Thailand earns ISCC-Plus

Last week, Dow (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced that its propylene glycol (PG) manufacturing facility in Map Ta Phut, Rayong, Thailand, has earned the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS (www.iscc-system.org). This certification reinforces Dow’s ongoing commitment to advancing sustainable…

OMV starts up ReOil plastics recycling plant at Schwechat, Austria site

OMV (Vienna, Austria; www.omv.com) today announced a significant milestone in the chemical industry following 15 years of pioneering research and development. The company has now started-up the next-scale expansion of its innovative proprietary ReOil® technology at the Schwechat refinery near…

Archroma implements ZLD solution at Thailand plant

Archroma (Pratteln, Switzerland; www.archroma.com), a global leader in specialty chemicals, has successfully implemented a state-of-the-art zero-liquid-discharge (ZLD) technology at its Mahachai plant in Thailand. The ZLD solution was designed and built by Gradiant, a global leader in advanced water and…

ABB and Charbone sign MoU for green hydrogen production

ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) and Charbone Hydrogen Corporation (Brossard, Que., Canada; www.charbone.com) – an integrated green hydrogen production company based in Montreal, Canada – have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement to collaborate on the development of up to…

Plug Power and Southwire join forces to implement clean-hydrogen project in Dallas-Fort Worth

Southwire, LLC (Carrollton, Ga.), a leading North American manufacturer of wire and cable, will tap Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) to implement a clean hydrogen ecosystem at its new distribution site in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.   This initiative marks Plug’s entry…

Samsung E&A acquires stake in electrolyzer manufacturer Nel Hydrogen

Samsung E&A (Seoul, South Korea)has announced its full-scale entry into the green hydrogen market with the acquisition of equity in Norwegian hydrogen company Nel ASA (Oslo, Norway). On 12 March, SAMSUNG E&A disclosed that it acquired on 11 March a…

Graphitic Energy commissions pilot plant to produce low-cost clean hydrogen and graphite

Graphitic Energy (formerly known as C-Zero; Santa Barbara, Calif.) has commissioned its pilot plant at the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) in San Antonio, TX. This state-of-the-art facility is the company’s first at-scale demonstration of its novel form of methane pyrolysis…

OMV receives EU funding for large-scale chemical-recycling plant

OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) and the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) have signed a grant agreement for OMV’s planned industrial ReOil plant, securing up to €81.6 million funding. This marks the first time that OMV receives a…

World’s largest SOEC to be delivered for hydrogen project at Italian steelmaking site

  Elcogen AS (Talinn, Estonia) announced the official launch of the Horizon Europe SYRIUS project following a successful kick-off meeting hosted by project partner, Acciai Speciali Terni Spa. The SYRIUS project aims to transform the steel industry by enabling hydrogen…

Petrobras begins producing fuels with cellulosic content

Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Riograndense Refinery (RPR) successfully completed an industrial scale co-processing test using 5% pyrolysis bio-oil (a non-food biomass raw material) combined with fossil feedstock. The refinery, located in Rio Grande, southern Brazil, has Petrobras, Ultra…