CSIRO (Melbourne), Australia’s national science agency, has successfully trialled its game-changing hydrogen production technology at BlueScope’s Port Kembla Steelworks in New South Wales, demonstrating affordable and renewable hydrogen can be generated at scale to help decarbonize heavy industry. CSIRO’s tubular…
Elkem ASA (Oslo, Norway) has secured €1.8 million in funding from the European Union for the groundbreaking Elkem Sicalo (Silicon production with carbon looping) project, which aims to eliminate all CO2 emissions from silicon production. Elkem, SINTEF and NORCE are…
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) and Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to produce low-carbon hydrogen, also referred to as blue hydrogen, using Topsoe’s ground-breaking eREACT technology in Aramco’s Shaybah NGL facility. The JDA underlines the…
Corteva Inc. (Indianapolis, Ind.) announced a collaboration with bp (London) on the companies’ shared intent to form a crop-based biofuel feedstock joint venture (JV). The JV envisaged by Corteva and bp would produce and deliver crop-based biofuel feedstocks to help…
BASF SE (Ludiwgshafen, Germany) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shenergy Group through its subsidiaries Shanghai Gas Co. and Shanghai Shenji Environmental Technology Co.. This strategic partnership aims to foster long-term collaboration among the three parties in the commercialization…
Sustainable SMR In the pursuit of lowering greenhouse gas emissions, hydrogen has gained much attention as a potentially “clean” energy source. Typically, hydrogen is produced by steam methane reforming (SMR), a process which itself produces greenhouse gases. Efforts to lower…
Although wastewater streams with high organic content — such as those from breweries and dairy facilities — can be difficult to treat and expensive to dispose of, there is potential to valorize their carbon content with the right process. Based…
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Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) recently announced a renewable hydrogen production project at TotalEnergies (Courbevoie, France; www.totalenergies.com) La Mède (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France) site. In the context of a long-term contract, Air Liquide will cover the hydrogen needs of…
Cyclyx International, LLC (Portsmouth, N.H.; www.10to90.com), a post-use plastic-to-feedstock innovator and joint venture among Agilyx (Oslo, Norway; www.agilyx.com), ExxonMobil (Spring, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com), and LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com), has reached a final investment decision for a second Cyclyx Circularity Center…