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Cyclyx reaches final investment decision for second plastics circularity center

Cyclyx International, LLC (Portsmouth, N.H.; www.10to90.com), a post-use plastic-to-feedstock innovator and joint venture among Agilyx (Oslo, Norway; www.agilyx.com), ExxonMobil (Spring, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com), and LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com), has reached a final investment decision for a second Cyclyx Circularity Center…

INNIO hydrogen combined heat and power project wins COGEN Europe award

INNIO Group (Jenbach, Austria; www.innio.com) today announced that it was awarded the COGEN Europe Recognition Award 2024 in the Technology and Innovation category for its 1 MW-class hydrogen combined heat and power (CHP) plant. Powered by green hydrogen, INNIO Group…

NextChem unveils technology center of excellence in Sicily

NextChem (Maire; Milan, Italy; www.nextchem.com) unveiled today its new high-tech engineering center, the “NX Engineering District”, in Catania, Sicily, in a ceremony attended by the local political and institutional leaders. The NX Engineering District, in Sicily’s Science and Technology Park,…

Clariant catalyst selected for biomass gasification-to-green methanol project in China

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that its MegaMax catalyst was selected for a China’s biomass gasification-to-green methanol project. The plant will use a combination of farm waste and wind power to produce up…

Chemical Industry Sustainability Projects Advanced by Global Impact Coalition

The Global Impact Coalition (GIC; Geneva, Switzerland; www.globalimpactcoalition.com), a CEO-led coalition committed to advancing a circular, net-zero future for the chemical industry, marks its first anniversary since spinning off from the World Economic Forum. Established as an independent entity in…

Solid-state hydrogen-storage demonstration project commissioned in Colorado

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas; Los Angeles) and GKN Hydrogen announced the commissioning of a research demonstration project with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on an innovative clean renewable hydrogen storage solution. The project,…

Hydrogen plant underway at ArcelorMittal Poland facility

Linde Gaz Polska, in cooperation with ArcelorMittal Poland, will build a hydrogen production plant on the premises of the Krakow-based site of ArcelorMittal, which will supply process gas to two galvanizing plants. The total investment will exceed PLN 100 million.…

Clean Hydrogen Works awards McDermott FEED contract for Ascension Clean Energy Project

Clean Hydrogen Works (CHW) and McDermott International Inc. (Houston) announce that CHW has awarded McDermott the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Ascension Clean Energy (ACE) Project. The project is jointly developed by CHW with strategic shareholders ExxonMobil,…

Mitsui Chemicals developing recycling technology for high-purity phosphorus materials

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that, along with its wholly owned subsidiary Shimonoseki Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., it has begun developing a recycling technology to produce high-purity phosphorus materials in Japan. The aim of this endeavor is to recover phosphoric acid…

Willis Sustainable Fuels selects McDermott for SAF facilities in the U.K.

McDermott International, Inc. (Houston) has been awarded a master services agreement (MSA) by Willis Sustainable Fuels (UK) Limited (WSFL) for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facilities in the UK. Under the scope of the agreement, McDermott will perform early engineering, procurement…