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Unipar modernizes chlor-alkali plant in Brazil with thyssenkrupp nucera technology

Unipar (São Paulo, Brazil) is modernizing its chlor-alkali plant at the Cubatão plant in Brazil by incorporating electrolyzers from thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany; ). To modernize the plant, the Brazilian chemical company, a leader in the…

Dept. of Energy Announces Funding for Seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $7 billion to launch seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) across the nation and accelerate the commercial-scale deployment of low-cost, clean hydrogen — a valuable energy product that can be produced with…

CE Podcast: Q&A with Solvay’s Joana Adriano

On this episode of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, we speak with Joana Adriano, the Global Talent Acquisition Manager at the Solvay Group. Joana discusses the image of the chemicals industry among younger science and engineering graduates and shares her experiences…

Cepsa announces plans for up to 15 new biomethane plants in Spain

Cepsa  (Madrid, Spain) has begun to search for and develop projects for the construction and operation of biomethane production plants from agricultural and livestock waste to decarbonize its industrial activity, replacing the use of natural gas with this renewable gas.…

MHI Group launches joint demonstration testing of CO2 liquefaction

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), and two of its Group companies - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd. (MHIET) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Corporation (MHI-AC&R) - have commenced joint demonstration testing of a system that liquefies…

Proman and Mitsubishi propose world-scale clean ammonia plant in Louisiana

Proman (Wollerau, Switzerland) has signed an MoU with Mitsubishi Corp. (Tokyo) to explore building a world-scale ultra low-carbon ammonia facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The proposed plant would produce approximately 1.2 million tons per year of clean ammonia by incorporating…

Digital Transformation and the Process Industries: A Chemical Engineer’s Perspective

A look back at the history of the digital transformation in the chemical process industries (CPI) can help guide current strategies for leveraging digital tools for the benefit of humans and the planet.  The main story in the chemical process…

EMD Electronics starts up specialty-materials site serving Arizona’s semiconductor-manufacturing hub

EMD Electronics, the Electronics business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the U.S. and Canada, celebrated the grand opening of its newest factory in Chandler, Arizona. The opening of the site is part of the "Level Up" growth program announced…

Inpex joins GHI to progress green-hydrogen production hub in South Texas

Inpex Corp., Japan’s largest oil and gas exploration and production company, and Green Hydrogen International (GHI), the world leader in green hydrogen developments, have signed a Joint Study Agreement to advance GHI’s flagship Hydrogen City production hub in South Texas…

Umicore progresses plans for battery materials plant in Canada

Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) is proceeding with the construction of a 35 GWh equivalent battery materials production plant in Loyalist, Ont., to serve the North American market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Given the significance of the plant for the…