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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…

Air Liquide begins negotiations to sell oxygen and nitrogen aerospace technology business

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has entered into exclusive negotiations with Safran Aerosystems for the sale of its oxygen and nitrogen aerospace technology activities, excluding marine-related cryogenic activities. Air Liquide's oxygen and nitrogen aerospace technology activities have been developed since 1983…

Neste supports Rio Tinto U.S. Borax mining site to transition to renewable diesel

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has partnered with Rio Tinto (London, U.K.) to help the company transition all of its heavy machinery from fossil diesel to renewable diesel at the U.S. Borax mine in Boron, California. The partnership helps Rio Tinto…

Clariant completes divestment of global Quats business

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced it has completed the divestment of its global Quats business to Global Amines Company Pte. Ltd., a 50/50 joint venture owned by Clariant and Wilmar, Asia’s leading agricultural business and oleochemicals business globally. The transaction…

Pembina and Marubeni announce low-carbon ammonia project in Alberta

Pembina Pipeline Corp. (Calgary, Canada) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Marubeni Corporation to progress an end-to-end, low-carbon ammonia supply chain from Western Canada to Japan and other Asian markets. The Project includes the joint development of a world-scale,…

3M to expand biotech manufacturing capacities in Europe

3M (St. Paul, Minn.) announced it will invest $146 million to expand its capabilities to further support biotech manufacturing, a fast-growing area of health care which is bringing breakthrough therapies to patients. The investment will include facility and equipment improvements…