Sustainability
Ansaldo Green Tech completes large-volume production line for AEM electrolyzers
Ansaldo Green Tech S.p.A. (Genoa, Italy) has completed its new high-volume production line for AEM (anion exchange membrane) electrolyzer stacks at its Genoa facility. With a production capacity exceeding 300 MW per year, the plant marks a significant step in…
Japanese project achieves 85% ammonia co-firing in naphtha-cracking furnace
NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization; Kanagawa, Japan), Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo), Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo), Toyo Engineering Corp. (Chiba City, Japan) and Sojitz Machinery Corp. (Tokyo) have achieved an ammonia co-firing rate of 85% on a…
Covestro opens pilot plant for chemical recycling of elastomers
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has opened a new pilot plant for the chemical recycling of high-performance elastomers at its Leverkusen site. The double-digit million-euro project moves a novel recycling process for Vulkollan® from laboratory development into pilot operation. As one…
Emerson wins automation contract for Europe’s first dedicated SAF plant
Emerson Electric Co. (St. Louis, Mo.) has been awarded a contract by Technip Energies N.V. (Nanterre, France) to provide automation technologies for the SkyNRG B.V. (Amsterdam, Netherlands) sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant — the first dedicated greenfield SAF production facility…
Wison Engineering and Axens collaborating on e-SAF project development
Wison Engineering Ltd. (Shanghai, China) and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore collaboration opportunities on selected e-SAF projects (sustainable aviation fuel, based on Fischer-Tropsch pathway). Through this framework, the two companies will jointly assess practical…
Amogy, LOTTE Fine Chemical sign MOU to advance ammonia-to-hydrogen solutions
Amogy Inc. (Brooklyn, New York) and LOTTE Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. (Ulsan, South Korea), which operates Asia's largest ammonia import, storage, and distribution networks, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly advance ammonia-to-hydrogen and ammonia-to-power solutions…
D-CRBN selects Worley to engineer renewable syngas plant in Antwerp
D-CRBN (Antwerp, Belgium) has selected Worley, Ltd. (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) to provide engineering services for its new renewable syngas demonstration plant in Antwerp, Belgium. The project is designed to demonstrate a lower-carbon pathway for producing feedstock used in…
Power to Hydrogen and Repsol validate AEM electrolysis for large-scale hydrogen production
Power to Hydrogen Inc. (P2H2, Columbus, Ohio), a developer of anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzer systems, and Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain), one of Europe's leading energy companies, today announced the successful completion of a rigorous pilot validating P2H2's hybrid AEM…
Eni and Petronas sign feasibility agreement for bio-gasoline development
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and PETRONAS (Petroliam Nasional Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) have signed a Feasibility Agreement (FA) to evaluate the development of innovative high-performance bio-gasoline starting from the established Ecofining™ technology process, through which Eni has been producing HVO…
Shell, Schneider Electric and Axens install Europe’s first industrial-scale electric tubular heater at Rheinland refinery
A joint industrial decarbonization project demonstrates how electrification, process technology, and site integration can help reduce direct CO₂ and NOx emissions from refinery heating. Shell plc (London, U.K.), Schneider Electric SE (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Axens S.A. (Rueil-Malmaison, France) have successfully…