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Chemours announces participation in Versogen’s development of clean hydrogen technology

The Chemours Company (Wilmington, Del.) announced its participation in a fundraising for Wilmington, Delaware-based Versogen Inc., a leader in developing anion exchange membrane (AEM) technology for use in hydrogen production. Founded by University of Delaware professor Yushan Yan, Versogen’s AEM…

BP signs offtake agreement with Clean Planet Energy for circular naphtha

bp plc (London) has signed a ten-year offtake agreement with Clean Planet Energy, a U.K.-based company that is developing facilities to convert hard-to-recycle waste plastics into circular petrochemical feedstocks and also into ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD). Clean Planet Energy designs…

Verbio inaugurates cellulosic RNG plant in Iowa

Verbio Vereinigte BioEnergie AG (Leipzig, Germany) has announced the inauguration of its new renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility in Nevada, Iowa. The plant will achieve full-scale production in summer 2022. Verbio CEO Claus Sauter: “The plant in Nevada (Iowa)…

Air Liquide and Lhoist to decarbonize lime-production plant in France

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) and Lhoist Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim to decarbonize Lhoist’s lime production plant located in Réty, in the Hauts-de-France region, using Air Liquide’s innovative and proprietary Cryocap carbon capture technology.…

Bosch plans to invest up to €500 million to develop electrolyzer components for hydrogen production

Bosch  GmbH (Gerlingen, Germany) is branching out into the development of components for electrolyzers, which use electrolysis to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Ideally, the electricity for this purpose is generated from renewable sources such as wind or photovoltaic…

ArcelorMittal tests partial replacement of natural gas with green hydrogen for DRI production

ArcelorMittal has successfully tested the use of green hydrogen in the production of direct reduced iron (DRI) at its steel plant in Contrecoeur, Quebec. ArcelorMittal’s ambition is to lead the decarbonization of the steel industry and this test is an…

Ineos launches hydrogen-fuel network trial at Grangemouth

Ineos (London) announced its participation in a project with pipeline-network management firm SGN to bring hydrogen distribution networks a step closer to reality in the U.K. Hydrogen supplied from the Grangemouth site in Scotland to the SGN project will help…

Mitsui and CF Industries announce plans for new blue ammonia capacity in the U.S.

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo), one of the leading ammonia marketers in the world, and CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.), the world’s largest producer of ammonia, today announced their intention to jointly develop a greenfield ammonia production facility in…

Gasunie and Vopak will jointly develop open-access hydrogen import terminal infrastructure

N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie (Gasunie; Groningen) and Royal Vopak (Rotterdam, the Netherlands)  announced that they have entered into a cooperation agreement. The aim is to jointly develop future terminal infrastructure projects that will facilitate the necessary imports of hydrogen into Northwest…

Danimer Scientific and Kemira partner to commercialize fully bio-based barrier coatings

Danimer Scientific, Inc. (Bainbridge, Ga.) and Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced a multi-year license and supply agreement, exclusive in Kemira’s core markets, to commercialize bio-based barrier coatings for paper and board products. The companies will introduce the newly developed coatings…