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Técnicas Reunidas joins consortium focused on recycling of mixed composites

The COMAR project is focused on the search of new ways to recycle and reuse waste coming from composites based on thermostable and vitrimeric matrices, through different chemical recycling techniques such as pyrolysis and solvolysis. With its participation in the…

CF Industries taps ExxonMobil for CO2 transport and storage project in Mississippi

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) announced that it is moving forward with a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project at its Yazoo City, Mississippi, Complex that is expected to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted to the atmosphere from the…

Solid-Oxide Breakthroughs Promise Cleaner Hydrogen Production

Solid-oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) and solid-oxide fuel-cell (SOFC) technologies are poised to change the face of power generation and hydrogen production. SOEC offers intrinsically higher efficiencies than other electrolysis technologies, such as alkaline, polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) or anion-exchange membrane…

Euglena, Petronas and Eni announce JV for biofuels production in Malaysia

Euglena Co., Ltd. (Tokyo), Petroliam Nasional Berhad of Malaysia (Petronas), and Enilive SpA of Italy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eni SpA, fave made a final investment decision for a project (hereinafter "the Project") to construct and operate a biofuel…

Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rhineland to install 100-MW electrolyzer

Shell Deutschland GmbH has made the final investment decision for REFHYNE II, a 100-megawatt hydrogen electrolyzer with polymer electrolyte membrane technology (PEM) in the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rhineland. Using renewable electricity, REFHYNE II is expected to produce up…

Siemens Energy wins contract for large-scale hydrogen electrolyzer from German utility EWE

Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany) has been awarded a contract to supply a 280-MW electrolysis system by German utility EWE. The plant in the German city of Emden is expected to go into operation in 2027 and will provide up…

Kurita America and Solugen to develop new carbon-negative products for industrial water treatment

Kurita America, part of the Kurita Group (Tokyo, Japan), a global provider of industrial water treatment solutions, announced a collaboration with Solugen (Houston), a bio-based chemical manufacturer, to develop a suite of new carbon-negative water-treatment products. These innovative solutions will…

Methanex and Entropy pursuing CCUS project at methanol plant in Alberta

Methanex Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Can.) and carbon-capture specialist Entropy Inc. (Calgary, Alta., Canada) have entered into an agreement to invest in a Preliminary Front-End Engineering and Design (Pre-FEED) study for carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) deployment at Methanex’s Medicine…

Avantium partners with leading textile companies to create PEF fabrics for mattresses

Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) announced a strategic collaboration with leading textile innovators Auping, Monosuisse and Antex. This partnership aims to develop PEF-based yarns, to be used in mattresses for Auping. This collaboration demonstrates the broad potential of fibers and…

Air Liquide technology selected for large-scale carbon-capture project in Stockholm

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) announced that its large-scale CO₂ -iquefaction technology, Cryocap LQ, has been selected by Stockholm Exergi AB, Stockholm’s energy company, to contribute to its Bio-Energy Carbon Capture & Storage (BECCS) project. This new technology is an important…