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A project to further develop solar-thermal-energy storage technology

Synhelion S.A. (Lugano, Switzerland; www.synhelion.com) and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa; Dübendorf; www.empa.ch) are conducting a joint research project, co-funded by the Swiss Innovation Agency Innosuisse, to further develop a high-temperature energy-storage technology that is…

Piloting a process that makes hydrogen and carbon from methane

Next year, construction will begin on an industrial-scale pilot plant to further develop a new process that decomposes methane into H2 and carbon. The process uses a thermo-catalytic decomposition (TCD) technology developed by Hycamite TCD Technologies Oy (Kokkola, Finland; www.hycamite.com).…

Recovering carbon black from waste tires

Until now, waste tires have been used mainly for recovering energy. Only small proportions of the carbon black contained in these tires are recycled, since the mineral ash generated by pyrolysis consists of about 20 wt.% of additives used to…

Sustainable mining of raw materials from thermal springs

According to statistics from the World Bank, thousands of tons of valuable minerals are imported to Germany from Chile every year, including raw materials for lithium-ion batteries. But their extraction causes ecological and social problems. “The use of the limited…

Saipem launches green-hydrogen technology platform

Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) has announced the launch of SUISO, a technological solution for the production of green hydrogen, confirming its commitment to support its clients in the energy transition. The trademark has been registered with the European…

TotalEnergies signs renewable-power purchase agreement with Air Liquide in Belgium

TotalEnergies (Paris), through Lampiris, its energy supply affiliate in Belgium, signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement with Air Liquide (Paris). TotalEnergies will supply 50 GWh per year of renewable electricity over a period of 15 years. Air Liquide will use…

Ineos Styrolution signs agreement with GER to produce ABS from post-consumer waste electronic materials

INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) announced the signing of its collaboration with GER, a world-leading waste recycling enterprise based in China’s Jiangxi province, to produce high quality virgin-like Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) grades with up to 70% recycled content at commercial…

Eni signs MoU in Kenya investigating biofuels value chain

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining of Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the decarbonization process to tackle climate change through new industrial models of fully-integrated circular economy along the whole bio-fuel…

Air Products chooses Haldor Topsoe’s low-carbon technology for world-scale hydrogen energy complex in Canada

Haldor Topsoe (Lyngby, Denmark) has announced that its SynCOR technology has been selected by Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) to capture of over 95 percent of CO2 emissions from the production of blue hydrogen from natural gas for the recently announced Air…

BP and Johnson Matthey partner for catalysis project aimed at sustainable fuels

bp and Johnson Matthey plc (Both London, U.K.) are partnering with Cardiff University and The University of Manchester in a £9-million project that aims to convert CO2, waste and sustainable biomass into clean and sustainable fuels and products. A partnership featuring two leading…