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Hexion to expand capacity for fire-protection products at Montana plant

Hexion Holdings Corp. (Columbus, Ohio) is strategically strengthening its manufacturing footprint in support of its ArmorBuilt Fire Protection product through an expansion of its Missoula, Montana site.  To meet the continued strong demand, Hexion previously announced two capacity expansions at…

Linde to build hydrogen plant for BASF in France

Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with BASF, one of the world's largest chemical companies, for the supply of hydrogen and steam. Linde will design, build, own and operate a new hydrogen production facility…

Linde expands decarbonization agreement with Celanese

Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that it has expanded its existing agreement with Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.), and will begin supplying carbon dioxide and hydrogen to the Celanese manufacturing facility in Clear Lake, Texas. Linde currently supplies oxygen, nitrogen and…

BP acquires stake in Green Biofuels Ltd.

BP plc (London) has acquired a 30% stake in Green Biofuels Ltd (GBF), the U.K.’s largest provider of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). GBF’s products are made from renewable feedstocks such as vegetable oils, animal oils and fat.  The product range…

Air Liquide to build its largest biomethane plant in Illinois

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) continues its development of biomethane activities with the construction in the USA of its largest biomethane production unit in the world. This will bring the worldwide biomethane production capacity of the Group to 1.8 TWh. The…

Cemex invests in green-hydrogen startup HiiROC

Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (Monterrey, Mexico) and CEMEX Ventures, its corporate venture capital unit, announced their investment in HiiROC, a clean hydrogen production startup. HiiROC developed a technology that uses thermal plasma electrolysis to transform biomethane, flare gas, or natural…

Kemira starts up first production line for bio-based polyacrylamide

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced that is has started the first worldwide full-scale production of its newly developed polymer based on biobased feedstock. The first commercial volumes are shipped to one of the wastewater treatment plants of the Helsinki Region…

Gevo begins startup of Iowa RNG project

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) has begun the process of bringing its wholly owned dairy manure-based renewable natural gas (RNG) project online. Located in northwest Iowa, the project is known as Gevo NW Iowa RNG, LLC (“NW Iowa RNG”), and it…

Equinor and Battelle to explore Appalachian Basin carbon capture and storage potential

Equinor Energy AS (Stavanger, Norway) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with leading science and technology firm Battelle (Columbus, Ohio) to advance development of a decarbonized regional energy cluster in the tri-state region of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. …

Large-scale green hydrogen and ammonia project to launch in Spain

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is developing the first phase of Project Catalina in partnership with Enagás, Naturgy, Fertiberia and Vestas. Project Catalina is a pioneering green hydrogen and green ammonia GW-scale project that aims to bring the abundant renewable resources…