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Mitsui E&S completes large-scale hydrogen-supply facility

Mitsui E&S Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) has completed the construction of a hydrogen gas supply facility (liquid hydrogen tank, hydrogen gas compressor, etc.) at at Mitsui E&SE&S Tamano Factory, aiming for the early launch of our hydrogen-related business. Mitsui E&S have…

BP selects Johnson Matthey technology for its first blue hydrogen project

Johnson Matthey plc (JM) and bp plc (both London) have signed a licensing and engineering agreement for Johnson Matthey’s LCH technology at bp’s proposed flagship low carbon (blue) hydrogen facility in Teesside, H2Teesside.    Industry in the Tees Valley accounts…

Sumitomo Chemical begins construction on ethanol-to-propylene pilot plant

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has begun construction of a pilot facility to establish a process for producing propylene directly from ethanol, which is attracting attention as a sustainable chemical raw material. The development of this technology is one of…

Worley to deliver FEED services to the Kintore Hydrogen project in Scotland

Worley (North Sydney, Australia)has been awarded a front end engineering design (FEED) contract for the first phase of Statera’s ground-breaking 3 GW Kintore Hydrogen project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Once operational, the project will be the largest renewable (green) hydrogen project…

Covestro launches mechanical-recycling polycarbonate compounding line in China

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has commenced operations at its first dedicated mechanical recycling (MCR) compounding line for polycarbonates at its integrated site in Shanghai, China. This line is set to produce over 25,000 tons of premium-quality polycarbonates and blends containing…

JM and bp technology selected to support production of SAF at HyKero plant in Germany

Johnson Matthey plc (JM) and bp plc (both London) announced that EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft mbH (EDL) has selected their co-developed, award-winning Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS technology for EDL’s HyKero plant located in Böhlen-Lippendorf, south of Leipzig, Germany. The HyKero plant…

Ascend Elements and Koura exploring joint commercialization of graphite-recycling technology

Ascend Elements, a U.S.-based manufacturer of sustainable battery materials, and Orbia’s Fluorinated Solutions business, Koura, one of the world’s largest producers of fluoroproducts and technologies, agreed to explore joint commercialization of the patented Hydro-to-Anode graphite recycling technology and discuss plans…

Heidelberg Materials starts construction of carbon-capture pilot project in Bulgaria

Heidelberg Materials announced the start of construction for its pilot carbon-capture installation in Devnya, Bulgaria. The ANRAV.beta unit is a key next step in the implementation of the company’s large-scale ANRAV project in Bulgaria, which was announced in early 2023.…

NatureWorks progresses construction of PLA biopolymer plant in Thailand

NatureWorks LLC (Plymouth, Minn.) has made significant progress on the construction of their new fully integrated Ingeo  PLA biopolymer manufacturing facility in Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand. As a fully integrated PLA complex, the plant will include three manufacturing facilities: lactic…

Evonik to develop catalysts and technologies with Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has signed an agreement to develop, scale up and produce proprietary fixed bed catalysts for mobile applications of Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies Technologies’ proprietary liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology based on benzyl toluene (BT). The…