The ChemPro Group, LLC (Boonton, N.J.; www.thechemprogroup.com) and Mo-Fuel (Rural Bio-waste; Sikeston, Missouri), have formed an alliance to commercialize a patented process that will economically and efficiently produce ethanol from cellulose feedstocks. According to Steve Lavorerio, president of ChemPro, the…
Wind, water and solar energy resources are sufficiently available to provide all the world's energy. Converting to electricity and hydrogen powered by these sources would reduce world power demand by 30%, thereby avoiding 13,000 coal power plants. Materials and costs…
Sintef’s (Trondheim, Norway; www.sintef.no) Dynamis project received the “CSLF Recognition Award” in London in October for its contribution to CO2 capture and storage. Sintef has received the “CSLF Recognition Award” for its contribution to CO2 capture and storage technology. Vice-president Sverre…
Uhde Inventa-Fischer GmbH (Berlin, Germany and Domat/Ems, Switzerland www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) has won a contract for a textile-grade polyester plant with its customer Petrovietnam-Vinatex Dinh Vu Petrochemical and Fiber Joint Stock Company (PVTex; Vietnam). The main contractor is a consortium of Hyundai Engineering,…
Alstom (Paris, France; www.power.alstom.com) and major Canadian power company TransAlta —along with their partners in the governments of Canada and Alberta and Capital Power, an independent power producer— have created a partnership to construct a large-scale carbon dioxide capture and…
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) is to acquire the solar thermal power company Solel Solar Systems Ltd. (Beit Shemesh, Israel; www.solel.com) To date, the majority stake has been held by Ecofin Ltd., a London-based investment firm, and another major shareholder.…
Cegelec (Paris, France; www.cegelec.com) has been awarded an EPC contract worth over $40 million to design and construct the blast-proof Control Building for QAPCO’s petrochemical complex being part of the new 300,000 metric ton per year (m.t./yr) low-density polyethylene (LDPE)…
The Catalysts Business Line of Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.de) and Solvias AG (Basel, Switzerland; www.solvias.com) have renewed their license agreement for vanadium-doped precious metal powder catalysts for the hydrogenation of nitro compounds. Evonik will continue to market these…
Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy) has been selected as the capture technology partner for the FINNCAP - Meri-Pori carbon capture and storage (CCS) project by the owners of Meri-Pori power plant, Finnish utilities Fortum (www.fortum.com) and Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO;…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.de) has agreed to acquire Indianapolis, Indiana-based Eli Lilly and Co’s (Indianapolis, Ind.) Tippecanoe Laboratories manufacturing facility in Lafayette, Indiana. The site, which employs about 700, manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and precursor materials for the…