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Group14 Technologies launches commercial-scale plant for lithium-silicon battery materials

Group14 Technologies (Woodinville, Wash.) , a global provider of silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets, announced the launch of its first commercial-scale 27,000-square foot U.S. manufacturing factory to meet demand for higher-performing lithium-silicon anode materials. The new factory, located at…

P2X Solutions and Hitachi ABB Power Grids plan 20-MW green-hydrogen plant in Finland

Hitachi ABB Power Grids (Zurich, Switzerland) and P2X Solutions Oy (Helsinki, Finland), a producer of green hydrogen and a pioneer in power-to-x technology, have signed partnership agreement to electrify a 20-megawatt (MW) hydrogen production plant. When completed, the plant will…

Technip Energies completes overhaul project at Socar petrochemical complex

Technip Energies (Paris, France) announced that its work on the Azerikimya modernization project in Azerbaijan has been completed on time.  The overhaul of the SOCAR’s petrochemical complex near the nation’s capital, Baku, is now complete and the plant has been…

Waga Energy to deploy landfill-gas upgrading technology in Quebec

Landfill gas-to- renewable natural gas (RNG) technology provide Waga Energy  has been enlisted by The Mauricie Residual Materials Management Board (RGMRM) to deploy its innovative gas-upgrading solution at the Saint-Étienne-des-Grès landfill, in Quebec. The green gas produced will be purchased by Énergir,…

Merck invests €20 million to expand manufacturing capabilities in Japan

EMD Electronics, a business of Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) announced an investment of €20 million to expand research and development and manufacturing capabilities at its site in Shizuoka, Japan. As part of this plan, new infrastructure will be built to…

Air Products acquires remaining stake in China-based gasification JV

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced that it has completed the acquisition of the remaining 50 percent equity stake in its gasification technology joint venture (JV) with China Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of China…

Johnson Matthey joins European fuel-cell consortium Immortal

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London, U.K.) has joined a major new European consortium, ‘IMMORTAL’, to develop higher performance fuel-cell components for heavy duty trucks with a predicted lifetime of at least 30,000 hours, enabling us to take a step closer…

Vulcan Energy starts up pilot plant to demonstrate direct lithium extraction from geothermal brine

Vulcan Energy Resources (Perth, Australia) has designed, built, commissioned, and is now operating a Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) Pilot Plant to demonstrate lithium extraction from live geothermal brine. The team is focused on demonstrating pre-treatment and DLE processes, as well…

Sasol and Toyota join forces to develop green-hydrogen economy in South Africa

Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) announced the formation of a partnership to commence exploration of the development of a green hydrogen mobility ecosystem in South Africa.  Underpinning the partnership is Sasol’s broad experience in…

LanzaJet awards EPC contracts to Zeton and Burns & McDonnell for biorefinery fabrication and construction

To enable the aviation industry in its decarbonization efforts, LanzaJet, Inc. (Chicago, Ill.), a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, announced today that it has awarded a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Zeton Inc.…