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 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…
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…
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 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…
Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell; The Hagues, the Netherlands), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo), Vattenfall AB (Stockholm, Sweden) and municipal company Wärme Hamburg are planning a pathway to jointly produce hydrogen from wind and solar power at the Hamburg-Moorburg…
MAAG Group, part of Dover, announced that it has been selected by Royal DSM N.V. (Herleen, the Netherlands) to supply them with several automatic strand pelletizing lines (Jet Stream Granulation System – JSG) for the extensive modernization and expansion of their…
Hanwha Solutions (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it signed a deal to acquire a 100% stake in Cimarron Composites, an American high-pressure tank manufacturer. Cimarron Composites originally began as an internal venture at NASA in 2008 by Tom DeLay, 23-year…
McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions business has been awarded a study by a leading natural gas producer to research opportunities to expand current liquid hydrogen storage capacity limits. "Industry leaders across the energy spectrum recognize…
Phillips 66 (Houston) announced it has received a $3-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance the development of high-performance reversible solid-oxide fuel cells. Phillips 66 will collaborate with the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) to…