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Shell and BASF collaborate to deploy adsorption technology for carbon-capture applications

Royal Dutch Shell (The Hague, the Netherlands) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) have worked together to evaluate, de-risk, and deploy BASF’s Sorbead Adsorption Technology for pre- and post-combustion Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) applications. The Sorbead Adsorption Technology is used…

Gevo awarded patent for alcohol-to-fuels process technology

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced that it has received a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a process that encompasses upgrading ethanol and bio-based alcohols into drop-in, bio-based diesel and jet-fuel products. The USPTO has…

NextChem to start feasibility study for a green ammonia plant in Iowa

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiaries NextChem, MET Development and Stamicarbon have reached an agreement with U.S.-based Greenfield Nitrogen LLC, to develop the first dedicated green ammonia plant in the US Midwest. As part of the agreement,…

Solvay announces proof-of-concept for new PVDC recycling technology

Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium) has conducted a proof of concept showing that polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) has the potential to be recycled. PVDC is used in food, beverage and healthcare multilayer barrier packaging across the world.  The proof of concept involves…

Synhelion acquires Heliokon

The solar-fuel pioneer Synhelion SA (Lugano, Switzerland) has acquired Heliokon GmbH (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany), an expert in concentrated solar power (CSP) technology. The acquisition will bring together the two companies’ complementary technologies, allowing Synhelion to offer a complete system for…

TotalEnergies and Safran create a strategic partnership to accelerate aviation industry decarbonization

TotalEnergies and Safran (both Paris) have signed a strategic partnership agreement to jointly develop technical and commercial solutions for the decarbonization of the aviation industry. In line with the ambition of both companies to reach net zero CO2 emissions by…

Cummins awarded $5 million from DOE for automation of electrolyzer manufacturing

Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.) has been awarded $5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office for the automation of solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) and stack assembly. This project furthers the company’s efforts…

Yara and Kyushu Electric Power announce clean ammonia collaboration in Japan

Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) and Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc (Kyushu), a Japan-based power generation company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on establishing Clean Ammonia supply chains in Japan to reduce CO2 emission at Kyushu’s thermal power…

Joint working group to explore blue-hydrogen plants in Slovakia

RWE Supply & Trading GmbH is collaborating with EP Infrastructure (EPIF), Eustream, and NAFTA to jointly explore the potential development of state-of-the art blue hydrogen production facilities in eastern Slovakia. To this end the companies have now signed a Memorandum…

GTI launches Veritas, an initiative to measure methane emission reductions

Today, GTI (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.gti.energy) launched Veritas: a GTI Differentiated Gas Measurement and Verification Initiative to accelerate actions that reduce methane leakage from natural gas systems. The effort brings together scientists, academics, environmental organizations, certification organizations, and industry participants…