A multidisciplinary project to scale up a system capable of simultaneously capturing carbon dioxide from fluegas and converting it to ethanol has received $1.9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E; Washington, D.C.; arpa-e.energy.gov). The…
Developed two decades ago, Metso Outotec’s (MO; Helsinki, Finland; www.mogroup.com) Circored process is now being reintroduced as a proven way to help decarbonize the ironmaking process. Developed in the 1990s by the former Lurgi Metallurgie (now part of MO) and…
An expanding number of products are demonstrating the real-world feasibility of incorporating post-consumer polyethylene (PE) into asphalt paving for roadways and parking lots. The set of demonstration projects — part of the New End-Market Opportunities (NEMO) program, under the auspices…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) received a contract from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Government of Japan and will start a feasibility study (FS) for green ammonia production in Indonesia, under the collaboration with Pupuk Indonesia Holding Company…
Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) is currently executing EVER – Development of a Low Cost Electrolyzer for the Production of Green Hydrogen, an R&D project focused on the study, design, construction and validation of new anion exchange membrane technology…
The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) announced it is investigating capacity investments to support its growing Hydrogen Economy business. This increased capacity in ionomers would support the demand growth within water electrolysis and fuel cell technology. The company is currently considering…
A consortium, including LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.) and Danone, led to the discovery of a new route to monoethylene glycol, (MEG), which is a key building block for polyethylene terephthalate, (PET), resin, fibers and bottles. The technology converts carbon emissions from steel…
Honeywell announced that Coffeyville Resources & Marketing, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of CVR Energy, Inc., has selected Honeywell for a feasibility study for lower-carbon hydrogen production in Coffeyville, Kansas. The study will evaluate the application of carbon capture and hydrogen purification…
Johnson Matthey plc (London) entered into a strategic partnership with Enapter, a pioneer and commercial leader in AEM electrolysis. AEM is a next generation electrolyzer technology that promises to drive down the cost of green hydrogen towards a point where it becomes…
Bloom Energy (San Jose, Calif.) and LSB Industries, Inc (Oklahoma City, Okla.), a leading North American producer of industrial and agricultural chemicals, announced plans to install a 10 megawatt (MW) solid-oxide electrolyzer at LSB’s Pryor, Oklahoma facility. The project is…