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Kiewit Engineering awarded FEED contract for California’s largest standalone energy-storage project

Hydrostor Inc., a leading long-duration energy storage solution provider, and Kiewit Engineering Group Inc. (Omaha, Nebr.) have entered an agreement to advance Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) studies for the 500-MW Willow Rock Energy Storage Center (Willow Rock), which would be…

Toray launches world’s first bio-based adipic acid

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) has developed the world’s first 100% bio-based adipic acid, a raw material for nylon 66 (polyamide 66), from sugars derived from inedible biomass. This achievement came from using a proprietary synthesis technique combining the company’s microbial…

Covestro to construct polycarbonate-recycling line in Shanghai

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has now announced plans to set up its first dedicated line for the mechanical recycling (MCR) of polycarbonates at its integrated site in Shanghai. The new MCR line will address the growing demand for more sustainable…

Technip Energies and Agilyx launch new chemical recycling technology for polystyrene

Technip Energies (Paris) and Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.)  announced the launch of the TruStyrenyx brand, the only all-in-one solution for the chemical recycling of polystyrene. TruStyrenyx combines Agilyx’s pyrolysis process and Technip Energies purification technology, yielding a recycled styrene monomer…

BASF and Sulzer Chemtech to collaborate on sustainable technologies

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Sulzer Chemtech (GTC Technology; Winterthur, Switzerland) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance technologies for renewable fuels and chemically recycled plastics that will further expand the partners’ portfolio of sustainable solutions. The companies…

Achema Daily: Updates from Wednesday Aug. 24

Achema continues on Wednesday, August 24. A highlight today will be the announcement of the winner of the Achema Startup Prize, as well as the kickoff of Achema's Flow Chemistry Symposium in the dedicated Flow Chemistry Pavilion in Hall 9.1.…

Defining What’s Green Aids Hydrogen Investment

Regulations on what exactly “green” means, in force within the European Union (EU) since 2020, are important in driving the new hydrogen economy, said Robert Seiter of consultancy Ernst & Young WPG (Hall 11.0, Stand C57, Achema) at  Monday morning’s…

Highlights from Achema: Flagship hydrogen projects

The burgeoning hydrogen economy is taking center stage at Achema. In Hall 6.0, Stand A36, numerous industry experts are highlighting three flagship green-hydrogen initiatives that are set to re-shape the energy industry. Funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and…

Scottish Power developing plans for new green-hydrogen production plant

ScottishPower, with Hutchison Ports, is exploring the opportunity to develop, build and operate a multi-hundred MW green hydrogen production facility at the Port of Felixstowe – with the potential to decarbonize industry and transportation in the region. Both companies have…

Bilfinger supporting Gasunie collaborate on green-hydrogen storage project in the Netherlands

Bilfinger SE (Mannheim, Germany) is supporting Gasunie (Groningen, the Netherlands), an energy infrastructure company in the Netherlands and northern Germany, with the engineering of the HyStock project, an underground hydrogen storage facility near Zuidwending in the Netherlands. This new green…