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BP announces feasibility study for renewable-hydrogen production in Western Australia

BP plc (London, U.K.) has announced that bp Australia is taking part in a feasibility study related to an export-scale renewable hydrogen production facility in Western Australia.   The extensive study will help BP and the energy sector better understand the possibilities of using hydrogen…

New ‘Power to Methanol’ project announced by Inovyn

Inovyn, an Ineos company, has announced a “power to methanol” project in Antwerp, Belgium, which will produce methanol from captured CO2 combined with hydrogen that is generated from renewable electricity. Inovyn will contribute to a joint feasibility study as part…

Sulzer strengthens services offering for bio-based and renewable chemicals

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) has announced the creation of a new global Bio-based and Renewables application development team, which will lead innovation for the conversion of renewable feedstocks into oleo-chemicals, biofuels, bio-chemicals and bio-polymers. It will also support the…

Lucite partners with Agilyx to progress PMMA recycling

Lucite International (LI), A group company of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo), together with Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), is working to progress circular solutions in Europe for Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). PMMA is one of the very few plastics that can…

Ozinga Energy and Ingevity announce adsorbed natural gas vehicle partnership

Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.) and Ozinga Energy have announced a partnership to begin a field demonstration of adsorbed natural gas (ANG) bi-fuel pickup trucks. Developed by Adsorbed Natural Gas Products, Inc. and Ingevity, the ANG system is made possible…

Black & Veatch wins contract for biomass-recycling pilot project in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is embarking on a semi-research project to facilitate territory-wide recycling of woody waste material. The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has appointed Black & Veatch (BV; Overland Park, Kan.) to be…

First industrial-scale plant uses CO2-lean cement production

By replacing part of cement clinker with calcined (thermally activated) clay, CO2 emissions in cement production are lowered by up to 40%, according to thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com), which developed the technology known as “polysius activated clay.”…

Aker Solutions’ carbon capture technology gets DNV approval for installation at Norcem cement plant

Carbon capture technology from Aker Solutions ASA (Lysaker, Norway) has been approved for a full-scale demonstration project in Norway to remove carbon emissions at a cement plant. The technology was qualified by DNV GL, the technical advisor to the oil…

Black & Veatch expands environmental services offering

Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.) is expanding its global environmental capabilities and services as businesses respond to increasingly complex demands from regulators, shareholders and consumers. The expansion comes as companies, utilities and governments navigate a range of COVID-19 related…

Avantium awarded funding to produce lignin for the development of bio-based asphalt

Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam. The Netherlands) announced that the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland) has awarded the company €0.5 million for its participation in the CHAPLIN XL project. The CHAPLIN XL project is a collaboration between multiple industrial and…