Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark), ABB (Zurich, Switzerland) and Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) have formed an alliance to design a standardized concept for building Topsoe’s next Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOEC) factory. The aim is to continuously develop processes to reduce…
INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC announced groundbreaking on INEOS Hickerson Solar, a new 310-megawatt solar project located in Bosque County, Texas, USA. This significant milestone follows the recently signed renewable power purchase agreement with NextEra…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) strengthens its focus on silicone specialties in Europe with the construction of a new production site. Wacker, together with project partners and officials representing the city and the region, broke ground symbolically in Karlovy Vary,…
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC; Tokyo) announced that it has begun producing bio-methanol at a just-completed facility within the company’s Niigata Plant, becoming first producer of bio-methanol from digester gas in Japan. To commemorate this landmark achievement, MGC held…
Dow (Midland, Mich.) announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Circulus, a leading recycler of plastic waste into post-consumer resin (PCR). This transaction includes two facilities, one in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and another in Arab, Alabama, with a total capacity…
Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded a significant contract by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL; Mumbai) for the license, basic engineering design package, proprietary equipment and catalyst supply and related services for the 1,500,000-ton/yr Paradip naphtha cracker unit (PDNCU) block…
De Nora Italy Hydrogen Technologies S.r.l., a subsidiary company of Industrie De Nora S.p.A (Milan, Italy) started the construction works of the Gigafactory, which will become Italy’s largest electrolyzer production hub, with a projected capacity of 2GW equivalent by 2030. …
OMV Petrom S.A. (Bucharest, Romania) will invest approximately EUR 750 million at Petrobrazi to transform the refinery into the first major producer of sustainable fuels in the region. The company has made the final investment decision to build a SAF/HVO…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Cyclic Materials, an advanced metals recycling company building a circular supply chain for rare earth elements and other critical metals, announced the signing of an agreement for the supply of recycled mixed rare earth oxide…
Transform Materials has joined forces with Johnson Matthey plc in a new partnership that will see scientists and engineers at both companies apply their combined expertise with the aim of revolutionizing vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) production through a novel, lower-carbon-emission,…