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BASF increases production capacity for alkoxylates in Belgium and Germany

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is gradually bringing additional alkoxylation capacity on stream in Antwerp, Belgium, and Ludwigshafen, Germany, from the second quarter of 2023. The investment benefits European customers in particular with a significant capacity increase well in excess of…

Axens and ExxonMobil enter licensing agreement for high-purity isobutylene production

ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) have signed an exclusive licensing alliance agreement allowing Axens to include ExxonMobil’s MTBE (Methyl tert-Butyl Ether) Decomposition Technology for high purity isobutylene in its portfolio. Used in the production of high-reactivity…

Solvay completes expansion at Tennessee plant supporting copper mining industry

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has completed its capacity expansion at the company’s Mount Pleasant, Tennessee facility, originally announced in December 2021. This milestone reaffirms Solvay’s commitment to the Mining industry and its efforts to respond to growing demand from mining…

thyssenkrupp Uhde and Johnson Matthey providing technologies for ammonia plant in Turkey

thyssenkrupp Uhde (Essen, Germany) and Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) have been commissioned by İGSAŞ - İstanbul Gübre Sanayii A.Ş., Kocaeli (Turkey) to supply a solution to significantly reduce the pressure in the synthesis loop of an ammonia plant while…

Plug Power and Energy Vault to deploy the largest hydrogen-powered fuel cell in the U.S.

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) announced it will supply Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. with 8 MW (megawatts) of hydrogen fuel cell stationary power to deliver clean energy to the city of Calistoga, located in California Wine Country, during times of…

Solvay to produce green hydrogen for its peroxides operations in Italy

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Sapio are partnering in the joint development of the Hydrogen Valley Rosignano Project, a large-scale hydrogen production plant with locally-sourced green energy in Rosignano, Italy. Led by two technology leaders in the hydrogen economy, this…

Technip Energies and GE Gas Power selected by RWE for carbon-capture project in the U.K.

Technip Energies (Paris) and its partner GE Gas Power have been selected by RWE Generation UK plc to perform a pre-FEED (Front-End Engineering and Design) study for a new, decarbonized natural gas-fired Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) plant with a…

Johnson Matthey providing process technology for world’s largest butanediol plant

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) will provide Fujian Zhongjing Petrochemical Group with butanediol (BDO) technology to produce bio-degradable plastics (PBAT)  It will be the world’s largest BDO plant – expected to produce 600,000 metric tons of PBAT per year As…

Covestro signs first major renewable energy agreement for its U.S. operations

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has signed a 90 megawatt (MW) virtual power purchase agreement (vPPA) with Ørsted, a clean energy leader in the U.S. market, headquartered in Denmark. With various agreements in place, Covestro fosters the growth of renewable energy…

BASF to expand production capacity for bio-based alkyl polyglucosides

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) will expand its global alkyl polyglucosides (APG) production capacity with two expansions at its sites in Bangpakong, Thailand, and Cincinnati, Ohio. By expanding in two regions in parallel, BASF, the global market leader for APGs, can…