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Tokuyama and Panasonic start demonstration project for fuel-cell generators using byproduct hydrogen

Tokuyama Corp. (Tokyo) and Panasonic Corp. (Osaka, Japan) announced that they have started demonstration work on pure hydrogen fuel cell generators that use byproduct hydrogen generated in Tokuyama's Tokuyama Factory in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The demonstration period is scheduled…

TotalEnergies and Air Liquide partner to develop low-carbon hydrogen production in Normandy

TotalEnergies and Air Liquide (both Paris) are joining forces to decarbonize hydrogen production at TotalEnergies’ Normandy platform in France. This project will enable in time for the supply to TotalEnergies by Air Liquide of low-carbon hydrogen by relying on Air…

Chevron and Enterprise Products to jointly explore U.S. carbon-capture opportunities

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.), through its Chevron New Energies division, and a subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Houston) announced a framework to study and evaluate opportunities for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) from their…

Carbon Clean providing technology for India’s first plant to capture CO2 for a blast furnace

India’s first carbon capture plant for a blast furnace has been successfully designed and commissioned for Tata Steel (Mumbai) by Carbon Clean (London), a leader in cost-effective carbon dioxide capture and separation technology. Carbon Clean’s technology is being demonstrated at…

LG Chem and ADM to collaborate on U.S. bioplastics production

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM; Chicago) announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore U.S.-based production of lactic acid to meet growing demand for a wide variety of plant-based products, including…

PureCycle announces partnership with Mitsui to develop ultra-pure recycled polypropylene plant in Japan

 PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Orlando, Fla.) announced a signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mitsui & Co., Inc. (Tokyo) as a first step to developing and operating a recycling facility in Japan to transform polypropylene (PP) waste into Ultra-Pure Recycled Polypropylene (UPRP).…

LG Chem teams up with TK Chemical to produce biodegradable plastics

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) related to the production of Eco-friendly Biodegradable Materials and business cooperation with TK Chemical, a subsidiary of the Samla Midas (SM) Group. The MOU specifically…

Petronas and Eneos sign MoU to develop Malaysia-Japan hydrogen supply chain

PETRONAS (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), through its subsidiary PETRONAS Gas & New Energy Sdn Bhd (PGNESB), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ENEOS Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) to jointly develop a competitive, clean hydrogen supply chain between Malaysia and Japan,…

SABIC and IOCL collaborate to reduce emissions from diesel systems

SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia), in collaboration Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL; New Delhi), will provide Technical Grade Urea (TGU) to manufacture AUS-32 (Aqueous Urea Solution) used in diesel vehicular systems to reduce NO2 emission by over 70% to meet the stringent…

Borealis begins first test runs using waste-based renewable feedstocks in cracker unit

Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) announced that its cracker in Stenungsund, Sweden, is carrying out its first test run of a feedstock derived solely from vegetable-based waste streams. The test, which will be carried out throughout the month of September,…