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De Nora and Maffei Sarda Silicati to build green hydrogen plant in Sardinia

De Nora sp.A. (Milan, Italy), specializing in electrochemistry and sustainable technologies, is partnering with Maffei Sarda Silicati, to build a green hydrogen production plant located in Ossi, Sardinia.  The project, financed through PNRR funds and promoted by the local company Maffei…

Topsoe to provide technology for commercial-scale SAF production plant in Brazil

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com), a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, has signed an agreement with Refinaria de Petróleo Riograndense SA (Riograndense), to provide its HydroFlex™ and H2bridge™ technologies for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production…

Honeywell UOP and Johnson Matthey collaboration to boost deployment of sustainable fuels

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) and Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to offer an end-to-end solution for businesses developing alternative fuels from a wide range of feedstocks, including municipal solid waste, residual biomass,…

Covestro expands capabilities for recycling automotive plastics

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has announced an enhanced collaboration with Chinese plastics recycling company Ausell. Building on their previous partnership in recycling polycarbonate water barrels, this new collaboration aims to accelerate the recycling of plastics from end-of-life vehicles, contributing to…

Toray and PTTGC join forces to explore commercialization of bio-based nylon

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with PTT Global Chemical PLC (PTTGC; Bangkok, Thailand) to explore mass production technology for adipic acid made from non-edible biomass (agricultural waste from producing plant-based foods). Toray…

Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk begins processing pyrolysis oil with new production unit

Shell plc (London, U.K.; www.shell.com) announced that Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk started up a new unit that allows difficult-to-recycle plastics to be reused. With the Market Development Upgrader (MDU), the chemicals complex can now process circular raw materials at scale. The…

BASF and Exterra to collaborate on commercial-scale CCS project in Canada

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Exterra Carbon Solutions (Montreal, Queb., Canada) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities to deploy a commercial scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Quebec, Canada, using a combination of…

Avina Clean Hydrogen breaks ground for green hydrogen plant in Southern California

Avina Clean Hydrogen Inc. (Short Hills, N.J.) held a groundbreaking ceremony for it’s landmark green hydrogen project in the City of Vernon, just 10 miles from the Port of Long Beach in Southern California. The project marks a major milestone…

Lummus and Advanced Ionics establish partnership for green hydrogen production

Lummus Technology (Houston), announced a new partnership with Advanced Ionics (Milwaukee, Wis.), a low-cost green hydrogen technology provider. This partnership includes an investment from Lummus Venture Capital to accelerate the commercialization of Advanced Ionics' hydrogen electrolyzer technology and support the…

Citroniq selects Nebraska for construction of bio-based polypropylene mega-plant

Citroniq Chemicals, LLC (Houston) has selected Falls City's Mid-America Rail Campus in Nebraska to be one of its state-of-the-art bio-based production mega-sites. The landmark project is part of the Nebraska BioEconomy Initiative, which aims to advance Nebraska's economic strength, fortify…