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INOX Air Products commissions green-hydrogen plant at Asahi India Glass

INOX Air Products (INOXAP), India’s largest manufacturer of industrial, electronic and medical gases, announced the successful commissioning of its first-ever Green Hydrogen manufacturing Plant at Asahi India Glass Limited’s (AIS) greenfield float-glass facility at Soniyana in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. AIS, India’s…

Johnson Matthey and bp technology selected for new U.K. SAF project

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) announced that Willis Sustainable Fuels (WSF) has selected JM and bp’s award-winning Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS technology for WSF’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in Teesside, Northeast England. The project, which is expected to be…

Hy2gen Canada moves forward with one of North America’s largest renewable ammonia projects

Hy2gen Canada Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of global renewable hydrogen producer Hy2gen (Wiesbaden, Germany), has submitted the project notice for the renewable ammonia production plant project COURANT to Quebec’s Minister of the Environment, Fighting Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks.…

BASF starts up its first plant for recycled polyamide 6

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced the start-up of the world’s first commercial loopamid plant. The production facility at the Caojing site in Shanghai, China, has an annual capacity of 500 metric tons and marks an important step in the supply…

Kemira and IFF form joint venture to produce biobased materials at scale

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) and International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF; New York) announced that they have taken the final investment decision and move forward in forming a joint venture manufacturing company to produce renewable biobased products on a commercial scale.…

Engie to supply biomethane for several Arkema adhesives sites in France

Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) has announced the signing of a new, eight-year contract with Engie S.A. (La Défense, Courbevoie, France) for the supply of biomethane for several Bostik sites in France. This 25 GWh/year contract will cover some 85% of the…

Moeve joins Global Impact Coalition to drive sustainable industry transformation

The Global Impact Coalition (GIC), a CEO-led collaborative platform committed to enabling a net-zero chemicals future, is pleased to welcome Moeve as its newest member. Formerly known as Cepsa, Moeve is a global company with over €25 billion in annual…

SCGC and Braskem to supply ethanol for Asia’s first bio-based ethylene production

Braskem Siam, a joint venture between SCG Chemicals Co. (SCGC; Bangkok, Thailand) and Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil),  has signed a Letter of Intent with Mitr Phol Bio Fuel, part of the Mitr Phol Group— the world's leading sustainable in…

Forestal will utilize BASF’s proprietary CO2-capture technology for production of e-methanol

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Forestal de Atlántico S.A. (Forestal) have signed an early disclosure agreement (EDA) aimed at advancing the production of e-methanol (eMeOH) through carbon capture solutions. Under this strategic partnership, BASF has been selected to share its…

Invenergy begins commercial operation of clean-hydrogen project in Illinois

Invenergy (Chicago, Ill.) announced its first clean hydrogen project, the 5-acre Sauk Valley Hydrogen (Sauk Valley) facility in Rock Falls, Illinois, has reached commercial operations. Utilizing power from Invenergy's co-located solar facility and Ohmium International's electrolyzer technology, Sauk Valley can…