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Bacteria for wastewater treatment

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (www.nus.edu.sg), led by associate professor He Jianzhong, have found a new strain of bacterium called Thauera sp. strain SND5, which is capable of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification and phosphate removal from wastewater. The…

Hydrogen-fuel business OneH2 receives investment from Sumitomo

Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA; New York, N.Y.), the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp., announced its investment in OneH2, a hydrogen fuel company headquartered in Longview, North Carolina. SCOA's investment will help the company deploy full turnkey hydrogen solutions, creating…

Repsol joins international consortium to develop renewable hydrogen technology

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) has joined an international consortium to develop cutting-edge renewable hydrogen technology. The H24All project, led by a consortium of fifteen partners, has presented an application for European Green Deal funding to develop Europe’s first 100 megawatt…

KBR awarded study to support hydrogen-based energy supply for data center development

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a study by Keppel Data Centres Holding Pte Ltd (Keppel Data Centres) to assess scenarios for alternative hydrogen-based energy sources to supply new data center investment and deployment in Singapore. Through…

Shin-Etsu to expand production capacity in Plaquemine, La.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.  (Tokyo) announced plans to further bolster the production capacity of Shintech Inc., its subsidiary in the U.S. In July 2018, Shintech broke ground in a greenfield site in Plaquemine, Louisiana for a new integrated plant, which is…

Air Liquide completes construction of world’s largest PEM electrolyzer in Canada

Air Liquide (Paris) has completed the construction of the world's largest PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyzer. Supplied with renewable energy, this unit is now producing up to 8.2 metric tons per day (m.t./d) of low-carbon hydrogen in Bécancour, Québec. With…

LyondellBasell and Sinopec finalize JV to manufacture propylene oxide and styrene monomer in China

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one of the largest integrated energy companies in China, announced the signing of an agreement to form a 50:50 joint venture (JV) which will produce propylene…

BASF partners with battery-recycling technology specialist Aqua Metals

Aqua Metals, Inc. (McCarran, Nev.), which specializes in lead recycling with its AquaRefining technology, announced it has partnered with BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) to supply electrolyte, cooperate commercially, and explore technical improvements to enhance AquaRefining performance. BASF will provide the…

Mitsui Kinzoku begins mass production of next-generation glass carrier for semiconductor-packaging applications

With plans to commercialize High Resolution De-bondable Panel  (HRDP), a special glass carrier for next-generation semiconductor packaging devices, Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. (Mitsui Kinzoku; Tokyo) has been working toward the establishment of a system for mass production in…

Lynas announces plans to build rare-earth separation plant in Texas

Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. (East Perth, Australia) has entered into an agreement with the United States Government to build a commercial Light Rare Earths separation plant in the United States, through the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Lynas USA LLC. This…