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Ohmium selected to provide PEM electrolyzers for first green-hydrogen project in Croatia

Ohmium International, a green-hydrogen company that designs, manufactures and deploys advanced Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, was selected to equip the first green hydrogen project in Croatia. Ohmium was selected to serve as the PEM electrolyzer supplier for IVICOM, a…

Neste, Marubeni and Resonac to cooperate on renewable chemicals in Japan

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland), Marubeni Corp. and Resonac Corp. (Tokyo) have entered into a cooperative agreement to enable the production of renewable olefins and derivatives. The cooperation involves Neste RE™, a Neste-produced renewable raw material, being used to manufacture products…

NGK and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to jointly develop membrane dehydration systems for bioethanol and e-Methanol

NGK Insulators, Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo) will jointly develop two membrane dehydration systems to help improve costs and optimize the efficiency of manufacturing processes for bioethanol and e-Methanol to meet expected demand growth for…

Lanxess significantly reduces Scope 2 emissions at sites in Arkansas

Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) announced an agreement with its utility provider, Entergy Arkansas, to significantly reduce emissions related to powering the company’s sites in Arkansas. The new agreement reduces LANXESS’ Scope 2 emissions – external energy sources – by utilizing…

Dow and SCGC enter partnership for transformation of plastic waste into circular products

Dow (Midland, Mich.) and SCG Chemicals Co. (Bangkok, Thailand) announced the signing of a first-of-its kind memorandum of understanding (MOU) circularity partnership in the Asia Pacific region to transform 200,000 tons/yr of plastic waste into circular products by 2030. This…

Thyssenkrupp Uhde and Johnson Matthey join forces to offer an integrated solution for ‘blue’ ammonia technology

Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) and Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London, U.K.) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly offer a fully integrated low-carbon (blue) ammonia technology, building on a nearly 25-year ammonia relationship between the companies. In the…

Mitsui sets up joint venture to build battery-recycling plant in Japan

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) has agreed to set up a new joint venture for lithium-ion battery recycling with VOLTA INC. (Fujinomiya City, Japan) and Miracle Eternal PTE LTD. (Singapore). J-Cycle Inc., the new joint venture company, was established in…

Bosch Ventures announces two investments in battery-recycling technology firms

Bosch Ventures, the corporate venture capital unit of the Bosch Group (Stuttgart, Germany), announced two significant investments in the battery recycling sector within a week, marking a significant step towards sustainable technology development. "In an electrified world, battery recycling makes…

INEOS Inovyn launches two PVC-recycling pilot plants in Belgium

INEOS Inovyn has launched two new PVC pilot plants at the company's Jemeppe-sur-Sambre site in Belgium, to accelerate technologies for recycling PVC which is not mechanically recyclable today. This project forms part of a strategic ‘Project Circle’ initiative, which aims…

Wood partners with Georgia-Pacific’s Juno on proprietary waste-processing technology

Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) is working in partnership with Juno, a Georgia-Pacific (GP) company, on the delivery of its groundbreaking waste recovery solution. Juno Technology can divert up to 90% of the municipal waste it processes away from landfills and…