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Ineos launches hydrogen-fuel network trial at Grangemouth

Ineos (London) announced its participation in a project with pipeline-network management firm SGN to bring hydrogen distribution networks a step closer to reality in the U.K. Hydrogen supplied from the Grangemouth site in Scotland to the SGN project will help…

Mitsui and CF Industries announce plans for new blue ammonia capacity in the U.S.

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo), one of the leading ammonia marketers in the world, and CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.), the world’s largest producer of ammonia, today announced their intention to jointly develop a greenfield ammonia production facility in…

Gasunie and Vopak will jointly develop open-access hydrogen import terminal infrastructure

N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie (Gasunie; Groningen) and Royal Vopak (Rotterdam, the Netherlands)  announced that they have entered into a cooperation agreement. The aim is to jointly develop future terminal infrastructure projects that will facilitate the necessary imports of hydrogen into Northwest…

Danimer Scientific and Kemira partner to commercialize fully bio-based barrier coatings

Danimer Scientific, Inc. (Bainbridge, Ga.) and Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced a multi-year license and supply agreement, exclusive in Kemira’s core markets, to commercialize bio-based barrier coatings for paper and board products. The companies will introduce the newly developed coatings…

Chevron, Talos and Carbonvert propose expansion of Bayou Bend CCS project

Chevron U.S.A., Inc., through its Chevron New Energies division, Talos Energy Inc., through its Talos Low Carbon Solutions division, and Carbonvert, Inc. announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for an expanded joint venture to develop the Bayou Bend CCS offshore…

Alfa Laval acquires RenCat ammonia-to-hydrogen technology

Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) has acquired patented technology from the Danish company RenCat to reform hydrogen from ammonia. This technology, in combination with Alfa Laval's heat transfer expertise, will increase the business opportunities within the growing market for hydrogen…

Lotte Chemical and Air Liquide form new hydrogen JV in South Korea

Air Liquide Korea and Lotte Chemical entered a joint venture to scale-up the hydrogen supply chain for mobility markets in South Korea. The companies will co-invest through the joint venture in a new generation of large scale hydrogen filling centers…

Umicore to supply nickel cathode materials for ACC’s large-scale EV battery plants

Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) and Automotive Cells Company (ACC – a joint company between Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz and TotalEnergies together with its subsidiary Saft) have signed a long-term strategic supply agreement for EV (electric vehicle) cathode materials in Europe. Umicore will…

Commercial debut for a process that makes ‘green’ pig iron

Last month, Vale S.A. (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; www.vale.com) began construction on the first commercial plant to use its Tecnored process, which produces pig iron with biomass instead of metallurgical coal (coke). Located in Marabá, in the southeast of Pará,…

Capillary-fed electrolysis unlocks new levels of efficiency for green-hydrogen production

A new category of electrolysis could significantly lower the expenses associated with producing “green” hydrogen. In the new capillary-fed electrolyzer cell — designed by Hysata (Wollongong, Australia; www.hysata.com) based on research from the University of Wollongong (www.uow.edu.au) — water is…