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Ørsted developing major green-hydrogen hub serving Dutch and Belgian industrial players

Ørsted A/S (Fredericia, Denmark) announced plans to develop one of the world’s largest renewable hydrogen plants to be linked to industrial demand in the Netherlands and Belgium. 'SeaH2Land' is an ambitious vision, linking GW-scale electrolysis to the large industrial demand…

ExxonMobil and Porsche jointly testing advanced biofuels

ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) and Porsche are testing advanced biofuels and renewable, lower-carbon eFuels, as part of a new agreement to find pathways toward potential future consumer adoption.  The first iteration of Esso Renewable Racing Fuel is a blend of…

Project for Generating Green Hydrogen and Renewable Methanol Reaches Next Selection Stage for EU Funding

Wacker Chemie AG’s (Munich, Germany) project funding proposal to the European Union for building a production complex for green hydrogen and renewable methanol at its Burghausen site has reached the next selection stage. The funding application states that Wacker wants…

ArcelorMittal plans major investment in German sites to reduce emissions and leverage the hydrogen grid

ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg) is planning to build a large-scale industrial plant for the direct reduction of iron ore (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF)-based steelmaking at its site in Bremen, as well as an innovative DRI pilot plant in addition to…

Trinseo and BASF collaborate on circular styrene production

Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced their intention to expand their businesses with the production of styrene based on circular feedstock.  The enhanced collaboration between Trinseo and BASF aims to increase efforts by both companies in the…

ContourGlobal and Alpek establish new company focused on carbon capture and liquefaction

ContourGlobal plc (London, U.K.) and Alpek S.A.B. de C.V. (San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico) announced that they have formed a new company that is developing a CO2 capture and liquefaction facility for sale to the food, beverage, and medical industries.…

Toyota commissions commercial-scale hydrogen production site near Melbourne

Toyota Australia has commissioned Victoria’s first commercial-grade permanent hydrogen production, storage and refuelling facility at its former manufacturing site at Altona in Melbourne’s western section. Hydrogen is produced on site by a 200-kW electrolyzer that uses electricity to split water…

Covestro develops new chemical-recycling technology for polyurethane foam

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has developed an innovative process for the chemical recycling of polyurethane (PU) flexible foam from used mattresses. It builds on its participation in the PUReSmart project, which is coordinated by Recticel company. On average, mattresses contain…

Baker Hughes licenses SRI International’s mixed-salt technology for carbon capture

Baker Hughes (Houston) announced it has entered into a global exclusive licensing agreement with SRI International to use SRI’s innovative Mixed-Salt Process (MSP) for CO2 capture. SRI has received support from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE)…

Celanese announces expansion of methanol production using recycled CO2 feedstock

Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced that its Clear Lake, Texas integrated chemical manufacturing facility will begin utilizing recycled carbon dioxide (CO2) as an alternative feedstock in the production of methanol, a key raw material in the manufacture of numerous acetyls…