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Iberdrola to create new business unit focused on green hydrogen

The Chairman of Iberdrola (Bilbao, Spain), Ignacio Galán, confirmed the company's firm commitment to green hydrogen with the creation of a new business unit with the aim of positioning the group as a world leader in this technology. Iberdrola -…

Plans in place for Scotland’s green-hydrogen strategy

A pioneering strategic partnership has been established to create new green hydrogen production facilities with clusters of refuelling stations across Scotland, supporting the country’s efforts to achieve net zero by 2045. ‘Green Hydrogen for Scotland’ – a partnership of ScottishPower…

ExxonMobil deepens carbon-capture partnership with Global Thermostat

ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) and Global Thermostat have expanded their joint development agreement following 12 months of technical evaluation to determine the feasibility and potential scalability of Global Thermostat’s technology that captures carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the air.  “ExxonMobil’s…

Cemex and Carbon Clean to develop carbon-capture solutions for the cement industry

Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (Monterrey, Mexico) announced that through CEMEX Ventures, its Corporate Venture Capital unit, it has signed an agreement with Carbon Clean (London, U.K.), a leader in low-cost modular carbon dioxide capture and separation technology, aimed at developing…

Evonik and Siemens commission sustainable chemicals pilot project

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and Siemens Energy commissioned a pilot plant sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) that uses carbon dioxide and water to produce chemicals. The necessary energy is supplied by electricity from…

BASF invests in pyrolysis-based recycling of waste tires

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is to invest €16 million into Pyrum Innovations AG, a technology company specialized in the pyrolysis of waste tires, headquartered in Dillingen/Saar, Germany. With the investment, BASF will support the expansion of Pyrum’s pyrolysis plant in…

Svante selects Kiewit Engineering to develop industrial-scale carbon-capture projects

Svante, Inc. (Burnaby, B.C., Canada;) has selected Kiewit Engineering Group Inc. to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for two DOE funded carbon capture projects. On September 1, the United States Department of Energy’s National Energy Laboratory Technology (DOE-NETL)…

Mangalore Refinery contracts LanzaTech for bio-ethanol production unit

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), a leading Indian Refining company based in Mangalore, is planning to install a second generation (2G) ethanol facility in the State of Karnataka, India. MRPL has awarded LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.) the contract to commence…

AmSty, INEOS Styrolution and Trinseo collaborate to advance the circularity of polystyrene

AmSty (The Woodands, Tex.), INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) and Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to jointly explore recycling options for polystyrene, underlining the companies’ commitment to a circular economy for polystyrene. This JDA represents the first…

Trinseo and Fernholz commercialize recycled polystyrene for food packaging

Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced that it has developed a new grade of post-consumer recycled polystyrene, together with the German packaging manufacturer Fernholz. The latest Form Fill Seal (FFS) formulations incorporate 40% r-PS, depending on final application, thanks to Trinseo’s unique…