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Sulzer makes investment in scaleup of new renewable biopolymer

Sulzer Ltd (Wintherthur, Switzerland) has partnered with CELLiCON to scale up its groundbreaking manufacturing technology for nano structured cellulose – a highly sustainable, plant-based alternative to conventional polymers. The technology slashes the traditionally high costs and footprint associated with nanocellulose,…

BASF, SABIC and Linde start construction of the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electric steam-cracker furnaces

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany), SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) have started construction of the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracker furnaces. By using electricity from renewable sources instead of natural gas, the…

Técnicas Reunidas leading research project aimed at valorization of steel and iron waste using renewable H2

Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has announced its participation in the HYMET project to promote the valorization of waste from the iron and steel sector with renewable hydrogen.  The HYMET project aims to study new technologies applicable in the…

Plans underway for Swedish clean-hydrogen hub

Everfuel A/S is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Karlstads Energi for a collaboration on developing a hydrogen hub in Karlstad, Sweden. The two parties plan to explore the commercial and technical feasibility of…

Mitsui Chemicals bolsters bio-based feedstock portfolio with investment in Apeiron Bioenergy

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced its investment in Apeiron AgroCommodities Pte. Ltd., rebranded and known as Apeiron Bioenergy (Singapore) in June 2022. Apeiron Bioenergy is one of the largest collectors and sellers of used cooking oil in Southeast Asia and…

Yara and Northern Lights announce decarbonization milestone

Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) and Northern Lights have signed the world’s first commercial agreement on cross-border CO2 transport and storage. This is groundbreaking for the decarbonization of European heavy industry, opening the market for cross border CO2 transport and…

Electrolyzer manufacturer Ohmium announces collaboration with Shell

Ohmium International, a green hydrogen company that designs, manufactures, and deploys PEM electrolyzers, is collaborating with Shell India to evaluate hydrogen applications, markets, and project opportunities in India and globally. As part of the collaboration, both parties have intent to…

thyssenkrupp Uhde to build world-scale blue ammonia plant in Qatar

thyssenkrupp Uhde has won a new contract from its long-standing customer and QatarEnergy’s affiliate, Qatar Fertiliser Company (QAFCO), for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a world-scale ammonia plant, capable of producing its full output as Blue Ammonia. The…

Air Products and Associated British Ports announce large-scale green-hydrogen project

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) and Associated British Ports (ABP) announced their intention to partner in bringing the first large scale, green hydrogen production facility to the UK. The facility would import green ammonia from production locations operated by Air…

Technip Energies acquires Biosuccinium technology from DSM

Technip Energies (Paris) announced the purchase of the Biosuccinium technology from Royal DSM N.V. (Herleen, the Netherlands), adding another technology solution to its growing Sustainable Chemicals portfolio. This technology synergizes with recently developed proprietary bio-polymer technologies and provides a commercially…