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Nippon Shokubai obtains ISCC Plus certification for SAP in Europe

Nippon Shokubai Co. (Osaka, Japan) announced that it has obtained ISCC PLUS certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system (ISCC)for superabsorbent polymers (SAP) made from caustic soda produced using electricity generated from renewable energy by its subsidiary Nippon…

Cummins starts up H2 fuel-cell manufacturing site in Germany

Cummins Inc. (Indianapolis, Ind.) announced that its new Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems Production Center in Herten, Germany, is in operation, further driving its alternative power scale-up and enabling accelerated adoption of hydrogen technologies across Europe. The facility has an initial…

Técnicas Reunidas and Axens sign an agreement to develop CCS projects

Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France)have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly promote carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects and provide integrated solutions from the concept to the handover of the project, based on Axens technologies.…

Johnson Matthey and 8 Rivers join forces to commercialize integrated clean-hydrogen technology

Johnson Matthey plc (London) and 8 Rivers Capital (Durham, N.C.) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate towards the commercialization of 8 Rivers’ clean hydrogen process (8RH2). This collaboration will combine 8 Rivers’ carbon capture technology with…

Sulzer’s bioplastics technology selected for new PLA plant in China

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) has been awarded by Yangzhou Huitong Biological New Material to supply technology and key equipment for its polylactic acid (PLA) production facility in Jiangsu Province, China, which will have a capacity of 30’000 tons per…

BASF acquires site for battery materials and recycling expansion in Canada

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) signed an agreement to secure land for its future cathode active materials and recycling site in Bécancour, Quebec, Canada, as part of its commitment to support North American producers in their transition to e-mobility. A regional…

Plastic Energy and Axens partner with Qenos to develop Australia’s largest circular-plastics project

Plastic Energy (London, U.K.) and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) are partnering with Qenos Pty Ltd. (Victoria, Austrlia) in the planning of a major circular plastics manufacturing capability in Australia. Plastic Energy and Axens announced last year their intent to jointly license…

Veolia and DuPont complete emissions-reduction project in Virginia

Veolia North America announced it has completed its partnership with DuPont to convert the utility infrastructure at the DuPont Spruance manufacturing facility in Richmond, Virginia from coal to natural gas to produce steam and electricity more efficiently. The new cogeneration…

Major green-hydrogen production and storage hub announced for South Texas

Green Hydrogen International (GHI) has unveiled plans to create the world's largest green hydrogen production and storage hub in South Texas. Hydrogen City, Texas will be an integrated green hydrogen production, storage, and transport hub growing to 60GW in size…

Lenzing starts production at world’s largest lyocell fibers plant

The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria) announced the successful completion of its key lyocell expansion project in Thailand. The new plant, the largest of its kind in the world with a nameplate capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), started…