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Sumitomo begins work on renewable hydrogen projects in Australia and Oman

Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo) and JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan) which operates the overseas engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) business of the JGC Group, have signed a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract for the hydrogen-related project planned by Sumitomo Corp. in…

Trammo and Proton Ventures sign MoU for cooperation on green ammonia projects

Trammo DMCC, a subsidiary of Trammo, Inc., a leading global commodities merchandising and trading company, and Proton Ventures BV, an engineering company in the Netherlands specialized in ammonia technology, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for joint cooperation on green…

Bilfinger wins EPCM contract for Clariant’s advanced biofuels plant in Romania

Bilfinger SE (Mannheim, Germany) has been commissioned by Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) to deliver EPCM (engineering, procurement, overall project and construction management) services for the construction of their commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol production plant using Clariant’s sunliquid technology in southwest Romania.…

Ineos Styrolution to construct a demonstration plant for ABS production from recycled-plastic feedstock

INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) announced plans to build a demonstration plant at its Antwerp, Belgium, site to test production of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plastic from recycled feedstock. The plans for the new plant are part of the project “ABSolutely…

SABIC and Plastic Energy to begin construction on plastic recycling facility in the Netherlands

In a development toward a circular economy for plastics, SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) and Plastic Energy Ltd. (London, U.K.; www.plasticenergy.com) are set to commence construction on the first commercial unit to produce its flagship certified circular polymers, part of…

Preem’s Gothenburg plant increases production of renewable diesel

Following a redevelopment of Preem AB’s (Stockholm, Sweden) Green Hydro Treater (GHT) plant in Gothenburg, the plant's production capacity of renewable diesel is increased by 40%. And for the first time, the GHT plant is able to produce 100% renewable…

JGC to conduct feasibility study for Korea’s first plastic-waste gasification plant

JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan) recently received an order for a feasibility study toward realizing the first plastic-waste gasification recycling plant in South Korea, which is being planned by a major South Korean chemicals company. This project involves carrying out a…

Alfa Laval leading fuel-cell development initiative for marine decarbonization

Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) has joined a project with DTU Energy, Haldor Topsoe, Svitzer and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon to accelerate the development of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology, which can use green fuels…

Waga Energy and Ferrovial Servicios to deliver massive landfill-gas-to-biomethane project in Spain

The Ferrovial Servicios group, a leading global service operator, has selected Waga Energy to produce biomethane at the Can Mata landfill, one of Spain’s largest landfills, near Barcelona. The Can Mata site will be the first in Spain to use…

Feasibility study underway for India’s largest CCUS project

Dastur International, Inc. (Ridgewood, N.J.), along with its Austin, Tex. based affiliate Dastur Energy Inc. and M. N. Dastur & Co (P) Ltd. (Dastur); Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions (Air Liquide); and the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) at the…