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Clariant and Duslo turn plastic waste into diesel

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) and Duslo’s research institute VUCHT are using a proprietary technique and Clariant’s HYDEX E next-generation hydro-dewaxing catalyst to successfully convert plastic waste into premium winter-fuel distillate. The efficacy of this groundbreaking process has now been proven…

New project in Utah generates hydrogen from reclaimed methane gas

Power Innovations (American Fork, Utah) announced an agreement with Big Navajo Energy (BNE) to support the reclamation of methane gas from petroleum drilling sites and to convert the fossil fuel into a clean renewable source of energy in the form…

Shell’s carbon-capture technology receives DNV GL approval for waste-to-energy project in Norway

DNV GL has approved and qualified technology for a full-scale demonstration project to remove carbon emissions at a waste-to-energy plant in Oslo, Norway. Gassnova, the Norwegian state agency for carbon capture and storage projects, is supporting the project, which tested…

The World’s Largest ‘Green Hydrogen’ Project Will Supply 650 ton/d Hydrogen

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa), in conjunction with ACWA Power and NEOM, announced the signing of an agreement for a $5-billion world-scale green hydrogen-based ammonia production facility powered by renewable energy. The project, which will be equally owned by the…

Solenis joins alternative-plastics pilot project

Solenis (Wilmington, Del) is participating in the Piloting Alternatives for Plastics project, a global initiative to help develop the next generation of fiber-based materials to replace plastics used in food packaging, filters, hygiene products and other goods. Solenis is joining…

Air Products and thyssenkrupp Sign Exclusive Strategic Cooperation Agreement for World-Scale Electrolysis Plants to Generate Green Hydrogen

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) and thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) today announced the signing of a Strategic Cooperation Agreement (SCA). The two companies will collaborate exclusively in key regions, using their complementary technology, engineering and project execution…

ExxonMobil and Princeton renew partnership to advance carbon capture, fuel cell technologies

ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) and Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment have renewed their collaboration to research lower-emission technologies and energy solutions. The new, five-year agreement builds on ExxonMobil’s participation in Princeton’s E-filliates Partnership, which began in…

Anellotech receives funding from Japanese consortium to advance plastics-recycling technology

Anellotech, Inc. (Pearl, River, N.Y.) has announced that R Plus Japan Ltd., a new joint venture company, will invest in the development of Anellotech’s Plas-TCat technology for recycling used plastics. R Plus Japan was established by 12 cross-industry partners within…

Equinor to build world-scale clean hydrogen plant in the U.K.

Equinor ASA (Stavanger, Norway) is leading a project to develop one of the U.K.’s – and the world’s – first at-scale facilities to produce hydrogen from natural gas in combination with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project, called Hydrogen…

Enzymatic PET-recycling demonstration plant launches in France

Carbios (Saint-Beauzire, France) announced the launch of the construction of its industrial demonstration plant for the enzymatic recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic. The demonstration plant is located near Lyon, in France’s Chemistry Valley, the French hub of innovation and…