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LanzaTech signs master license agreement with Sekisui for waste-to-EtOH platform in Japan

LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Chicago, Ill.; www.lanzatech.com), the carbon recycling company transforming waste carbon into sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials, has signed a Master License Agreement with Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.sekisuichemical.com) to deploy, at commercial scale, a jointly…

Evonik upgrades to renewable energy for production of high-performance foam

Specialty chemical maker Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has upgraded the production of the high-performance foam ROHACELL® at its main site in Darmstadt, Germany, to use only electricity from renewable energy sources. As a result, Evonik’s High Performance Polymers…

U.S. Department of Energy announces funding for battery-related research ‘Innovation Hubs’

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) today announced $125 million in funding for two Energy Innovation Hub teams to provide the scientific foundation needed to seed and accelerate next generation technologies beyond today’s generation of lithium…

New green-hydrogen cluster in Sweden will support carbon-neutral fertilizer

Green hydrogen company Lhyfe (Paris, France),  OX2 (Stockholm, Sweden), one of Europe’s largest onshore wind developers, and green-fertilizer firm Velarion Group are joining forces to create a hydrogen-based industrial cluster in the Ånge municipality in Sweden. This project, situated in…

Carbon Clean and Petronas to collaborate on CCS technology integration

Carbon Clean (London) announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Petronas CCS Solutions Sdn Bhd (PCCSS), a subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) to jointly collaborate and evaluate Carbon Clean’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. Carbon Clean has also…

Technip Energies to design low-carbon hydrogen facility for bp’s H2Teesside project

Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by bp plc (London) for the H2Teesside project in the northeastern part of the U.K. H2Teesside is expected to be one of the UK’s largest largest low-carbon hydrogen production…

World’s first dynamic green-ammonia plant opens in Denmark

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) and its partners Skovgaard Energy and Vestas have inaugurated a new green ammonia plant in Ramme, Denmark. The plant is a demonstration project, which have received funding from the Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program.…

Wood awarded FEED contract for hydrogen fuel-switching project

Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) stage of EET Fuels Hydrogen Fuel Switching project. Hydrogen will be provided by EET Hydrogen, our co-located Track One low carbon hydrogen production company. To conduct this phase…

Linde to supply clean hydrogen to Dow’s Path2Zero project in Canada

Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced  it has signed a long-term agreement for the supply of clean hydrogen to Dow’s Fort Saskatchewan Path2Zero Project. The company will invest more than $2 billion to build, own and operate a world-scale integrated clean…

Chemical Engineering Conversation: Behind the Scenes at Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub

Last fall, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $7 billion in funding to launch seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs across the nation. Among those selected was the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub (PNWH2). Following the funding announcement, extensive efforts have been…