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Covestro commissions new emissions-reduction project at nitric acid plant in Baytown

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) recently made significant progress towards its scope 1 climate neutrality goal for its Baytown, TX site. A newly commissioned project, known as NAUCI (Nitric Acid Unit Climate Initiative), reduces greenhouse gas emissions from the site’s Nitric…

Ceramics UK operates pilot kiln entirely on hydrogen fuel

Ceramics UK, the trade association for the U.K. ceramics industry, announced a landmark achievement in its  ‘Demonstrating Hydrogen in the Ceramics Sector’ project. The project's custom-built pilot kiln, designed to explore the use of hydrogen as an alternative fuel for…

Saint-Gobain deploys Fives’ hybrid heating technology to accelerate decarbonization of its plant in Biandrate, Italy

Combustion specialist Fives (Paris, France) installed its first e-Ductflame hybrid burner in Saint-Gobain's h-old site in Biandrate, Italy, which produces pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes. Fives' e-Ductflame technology represents the Group’s first patented hybrid e-burner, which allows the replacement of natural gas…

Funding secured for significant ethanol-to-SAF project in Japan

LanzaJet, a producer and technology provider for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), announced that Cosmo Oil Co. (Tokyo) has been selected for a subsidy from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to support a project developed with Mitsui &…

Asahi Kasei holds opening ceremony for sewage-biogas purification demonstration plant

Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) and Kurashiki City held a grand opening ceremony for a biogas purification system in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The system uses Asahi Kasei’s CO2 separation/recovery technology utilizing zeolites installed at a sewage treatment plant. The goal…

Evonik to construct pilot plant to produce anion-exchange membranes for green-hydrogen production

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is building a pilot plant in Marl, Germany, for the production of its  anion exchange membrane (AEM), marketed under the name DURAION. A central element in AEM water electrolysis, DURAION membranes support the cost-competitive production…

ENEOS and Mitsubishi to begin FEED work for new SAF production plant

ENEOS Corp. and Mitsubishi Corp. (MC; both Tokyo) have agreed to jointly conduct a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) to advance the study of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production facility at the ENEOS Wakayama Plant in Arida City, Japan. ENEOS…

Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s carbon-capture and green-ammonia technologies selected for fertilizer production in Egypt

Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) has been selected by MOPCO – Misr Fertilizers Production Company (Egypt) – to supply advanced technology for three existing ammonia and urea plants in Damietta, Egypt, to enhance the sustainability of their production. Using an…

Electrochemistry as a driver of decarbonization in the chemicals sector

Despite the urgent need for decarbonization of industrial processes, carbon dioxide emissions from the industrial-scale manufacture of chemicals often prove difficult to abate and are on track to increase over the next decade. Some industrial sectors, such as power generation…

POET and Tallgrass collaborate on carbon-capture project at Nebraska bioprocessing plant

POET LLC, the world’s largest producer of biofuels, and Tallgrass, a leading infrastructure company, announced that they have entered into definitive agreements to connect POET’s Fairmont, Nebraska bioprocessing facility to the Tallgrass Trailblazer carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline. Under the arrangement,…