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LyondellBasell and Genox Recycling to establish plastics recycling joint venture

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and Genox Recycling jointly announce they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a joint venture (JV) to build a plastics recycling plant in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province with a planned start up…

Johnson Matthey technology qualified to support Shell green hydrogen production

Shell has qualified Johnson Matthey’s (JM) Puravoc Green purification catalysts for use in its global hydrogen production projects.   JM’s catalysts will be used to remove trace oxygen to meet oxygen specifications in the production of high purity, zero carbon…

Cepsa begins production of advanced biofuels at La Rábida Energy Park

Cepsa Quimica (Madrid, Spain) has started to produce advanced biofuels (2G) with used cooking oils at its La Rábida Energy Park, located in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva), an important milestone in the company’s transformation towards a more sustainable energy model…

TotalEnergies and Holcim announce partnership for decarbonized cement production

TotalEnergies (Paris) and Holcim Ltd. (Zug, Switzerland) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Belgium to work together on the full decarbonization of a cement production facility being upgraded by Holcim in Obourg, Belgium. Various energies and technologies will…

Construction commences on Danish green-ammonia plant

The Danish partnership comprising, Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark), Skovgaard Energy, and Vestas officially started construction of a demonstration plant in Lemvig, Denmark, which will produce green ammonia based on renewable power and electrolysis of water. The project will demonstrate how…

Ecolab and Siemens jointly launch sustainability modeling platform

Ecolab, Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.) and Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) announced a strategic partnership that will help customers accelerate their progress toward sustainability and productivity goals. Together, the companies are launching Climate Intelligence, powered by ECOLAB3D and Siemens gPROMS, which…

Air Products investing $500-million in a new green-hydrogen facility in New York

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced plans to invest approximately $500 million to build, own and operate a 35 metric ton per day facility to produce green liquid hydrogen at a greenfield site in Massena, New York, as well as…

Johnson Matthey begins fuel-cell recycling operations in China

Johnson Matthey (JM; London) begun fuel cell recycling in China. Located in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, the plant is refining and recycling the platinum group metal content from membrane electrode assemblies (MEA), a key component of an automotive fuel cell, from…

Borealis and Verbund announce plans for industrial-scale green-hydrogen production in Austria

Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) and VERBUND have initiated a decarbonization project that will use green hydrogen to produce fertilizers, melamine, and technical nitrogen on an industrial scale in a more sustainable way. The joint project taking place within the framework…

Lhyfe to develop 200-MW green-hydrogen plant in Delfzijl, Netherlands

Renewable hydrogen producer Lhyfe (Paris) has unveilked plans to develop a 200-MW hydrogen plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. “Delfzijl is an ideal location for renewable green hydrogen production as it has direct access to renewable energies from its offshore wind power…