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Total to develop 25 MW of solar rooftops in Thailand
Total SA (Paris, France; www.total.com), through its affiliate Total Solar Distributed Generation, has signed a binding contract to provide 25 megawatt-peak (MWp) of solar rooftops for 24 facilities of one of the largest food companies in Thailand, Betagro. Each one…
DuPont Sustainable Solutions acquires Lodestar Partners
DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS; www.consultdss.com) announced that it has acquired the assets of Lodestone Partners, a global consulting firm recognized for helping companies in the resource industry achieve sustainable improvements in operating performance. The acquisition, which was effective February 29,…
Sumitomo Chemical and Muroran Institute of Technology accelerate joint research on chemical recycling
Muroran Institute of Technology and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan; www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp) will accelerate joint research on a new chemical recycling technology, which chemically decomposes waste plastics and reuses them as raw materials for petrochemical products, including plastics. In another joint…
Nouryon and INEOS Nitriles break ground on new facilities in Germany
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.nouryon.com) and INEOS Nitriles have broken ground on new facilities to be built at INEOS’ Köln site in Germany. The units will produce raw materials for Nouryon’s high-quality, readily biodegradable chelates, used in detergents and other…
Braskem signs contract with Votalia for supply of solar energy
Voltalia (Paris, France; www.voltalia.com), an international player in renewable energies, has signed a power sale contract with Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br). This client, as well as other long-term clients previously secured, will be supplied by Voltalia’s Solar Serra do…
ExxonMobil proposes framework for industry-wide methane regulations
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) released a model framework for industry-wide methane regulations and urged stakeholders, policymakers and governments to develop comprehensive, enhanced rules to reduce emissions in all phases of production. “ExxonMobil has been applying the principles of this…
Henkel and Covestro collaborate on adhesive technologies for Li-ion cell assembly
As automotive electrification continues to evolve, powerful lithium-ion (li-ion) battery architectures are at the center of discussions around electric vehicles. While battery system designs vary by manufacturer, the joint performance objectives for all automotive battery technologies are longer lifetime, operational…
Toray subsidiary Greenerity breaks ground for new plant producing fuel-cell components
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo; www.toray.com) announced that its German subsidiary, Greenerity GmbH, held a groundbreaking ceremony a day earlier for its second plant. This will be in an industrial area of Alzenau, Bavaria, around 10 kilometers southwest of Hanau. That…
SNC-Lavalin selected for engineering and procurement services for Rochester POA11
SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and overall project management services for the Rochester POA11 Project in Nevada, by Coeur Rochester, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coeur Mining, Inc. This phase of the…
Thailand plant to expand capacity for bio-based epichlorohydrin
Bio-based chemical company Advanced Biochemical (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (ABT), A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Vinythai public company (www.vinythai.co.th), a group company of AGC, Inc., has announced a capacity increase at its plant in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, which will now…