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Clariant and Ineratec to commercialize renewable-fuel technologies

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Ineratec (Karlsruhe, Germany; www.ineratec.de) have entered into a partnership to develop and commercialize novel technologies for the production of renewable fuels and chemicals. Clariant will provide its extensive catalysis expertise and broad portfolio of synthesis…

Aker Solutions and Norcem move forward with large carbon-capture project

Aker Solutions ASA (Lysaker, Norway) and Norcem, a subsidiary of HeidelbergCement, have signed an agreement as a firm step towards the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) delivery of a CO2 capture, liquification and intermediate storage plant at Norcem’s cement factory…

Repsol announces major green hydrogen, carbon capture initiatives

The CEO of Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain),  Josu Jon Imaz, announced two pioneering industrial decarbonization projects that the company will undertake with the participation of prominent Spanish and international partners. The facilities, to be located in the port of Bilbao…

Dow and Shell team up to develop electric-cracking technology

Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.) and Shell Chemicals (London, U.K.) today announced a joint-development agreement to accelerate technology to electrify ethylene steam crackers, which supply chemicals used to make products that people use every day. Today’s steam crackers rely on fossil…

Recyclable and biodegradable plastics from plant sugars

Worley (North Sydney, Australia) has been awarded a FEED (front-end engineering design) contract to develop Avantium’s (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) flagship plant that will support the transition to a bio-based economy for plastics. The plant will produce 100% plant-based FDCA (furandicarboxylic…

Petrofac wins management contract for U.K. carbon-capture and hydrogen project

The Engineering and Production Services (EPS) business of Petrofac Ltd. (St. Helier, U.K.) has been awarded an Engineering and Project Management Office support contract for the Acorn project – a two-pringed environmental strategy bringing together carbon capture and hydrogen generation…

RWE and thyssenkrupp plan partnership focused on green hydrogen for steel production

German energy company RWE and thyssenkrupp Steel Europe have agreed to work together toward a long-term hydrogen partnership, under which green hydrogen from an RWE Generation electrolyzer could help thyssenkrupp Steel Europe sustainably reduce CO2 emissions from steel production in…

Haldor Topsoe to provide technology for renewable-fuel conversion at California refinery

Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) announced that Global Clean Energy Holdings (GCE) has selected HydroFlex technology for the revamp of a refinery for renewable fuel production. Global Clean Energy’s retooled facility will produce 15,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel…

Yanmar and Toyota develop hydrogen fuel-cell system for maritime applications

Yanmar Holdings Co. (Osaka, Japan) and its subsidiary Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd. have announced the development of a hydrogen fuel-cell system for maritime applications based on fuel cell technology for automobiles, as part of efforts to offer environment-friendly powertrain…

HyperSolar prepares for scaled-up production of hydrogen-generation units

HyperSolar, Inc. (Santa Barbara, Calif.), the developer of a technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water, announced that it is prepared to begin manufacturing the first series of its GEN 1 hydrogen panels for demonstration, as the last…