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Everfuel starts up hydrogen production at Denmark’s HySynergy project

Everfuel A/S (Herning, Denmark) announced the first production of hydrogen at its HySynergy project. The initial volumes produced at Europe’s largest electrolyzer, represent a major milestone towards the commercialisation of green hydrogen as a clean source of energy for industry…

Potential Baltic Sea offshore hydrogen pipeline being considered

OX2 (Stockholm, Sweden) has agreed with Gasgrid Finland and Nordion Energi, gas transmission system operators (TSOs) in Finland and Sweden, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to explore the possibility to develop a new offshore hydrogen pipeline infrastructure to enable transportation of…

Plug Power and Nikola execute green-hydrogen supply agreement

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) and Nikola Corporation, a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, announced a strategic relationship focused on moving the hydrogen economy forward. Plug and Nikola have executed a Green Hydrogen Supply Agreement.…

Lummus crude-to-chemicals technology set to deploy in first commercial deployment with S-Oil

Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that its licensed TC2C crude-to-chemicals technology will move forward in its first commercial deployment through S-Oil's Shaheen Project in South Korea. S-Oil recently confirmed its final investment decision on the Shaheen Project. Once complete, Shaheen will be…

Altana acquires stake in Germany startup focused on printing electronics

Altana AG (Wesel, Germany) has acquired a stake in the tech startup Saralon. The young company specializes in the development of inks for printing electronics. In addition, it offers prefabricated electronic components that enable printers to quickly build capacities for…

Sika opens new membrane and mortar plant in China

Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) is opening a new plant for liquid membranes and mortar production in Chongqing, a city in southwestern China with 30 million inhabitants. By commissioning the new plant, Sika is expanding its position in this rapidly growing…

Versalis acquires enzymatic ethanol-production technology from DSM

Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), Eni's chemical company, has acquired the technology to produce enzymes for second-generation ethanol from Royal DSM N.V. (Herleen, the Netherlands). The agreement has a strategic value for Versalis as it integrates with proprietary Proesa technology,…

Topsoe technology chosen for industrial scale low-carbon ammonia project in Louisiana

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has been chosen as technology provider to Ascension Clean Energy (ACE), an industrial scale low carbon hydrogen-ammonia joint venture project by Clean Hydrogen Works (CHW), Denbury Carbon Solutions and Hafnia. To deliver the 7.2 million metric…

Perstorp to initiate major water-conservation project at Stenungsund operations

Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden) is investing in a unique project that will allow it to use wastewater from a nearby municipal treatment plant for production operations in Stenungsund, Sweden. This will save 1.1 billion liters of fresh water per year. The project…

January 2023 Bookshelf: Recently Published Books for the CPI

The following lists recently published books of relevance to the chemical process industries (CPI): The Other Side of Safety: Moving from Results-Based to Behavior-Based. By Robert Palmer, CRC Press, 2023, 154 pages, $71.96. A New Approach to HAZOP of Complex…