Stamicarbon B.V. (Stittard, Netherlands) has launched Stami Green Ammonia Technology as a solution to tackle the global carbon challenge. The technology relies on renewable resources — instead of fossil fuels — to eliminate carbon from the process, paving the way…
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Changwon, South Korea) has embarked on the development of technology for producing hydrogen using waste plastic and vinyl. To this end, the company announced on that it had signed a business partnership MOU with RevoTech,…
The ORLEN Unipetrol Group (Prague, Czech Republic) has commissioned a pyrolytic testing unit for waste-plastics processing at its chemical plant in Litvínov. It will explore the possibilities of chemical plastic recycling and its potential implementation in standard production in the…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) is collaborating with SAP to pilot the GreenToken by SAP technology to enable traceability of certified recycled content across the value chain using blockchain technology. The Eastman and SAP collaboration will leverage the blockchain-based platform…
LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.; www.lanzatech.com) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) have achieved a key first success in transforming industrial off-gases into chemicals. With the help of special bacteria, they have been able to produce n-octanol at laboratory scale from carbon monoxide…
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) and JERA Co., Inc. (Tokyo), Japan’s largest power generation company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the production, delivery and supply chain development for blue and green ammonia, to enable zero-emission thermal…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) recently commercialized its recycled polystyrene (PS) from dissolution technology and is offering a new material using this process -- STYRON CO2RE 687DI30. This is the first of a series of recycled PS products that Trinseo intends to…
Casale SA (Lugano, Switzerland), as member of a team that comprises RTI, University of Minnesota, Nutrien, GE, Shell, Nel Hydrogen, Xcel Energy, Great River Energy, Ottertail Power, Chemtonergy, Texas Tech University, Pacifica and Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI), will participate…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.) to offer a complete and integrated solution to produce ammonia from renewable sources, commonly referred to as green ammonia. Under the terms of the MoU, KBR…
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam the Netherlands) announced another step towards its ambition to advance the circular economy by making virgin quality polymers from raw materials derived from plastic waste at its Wesseling, Germany, site. Produced by the thermal conversion of…