Tokuyama Corp. (Tokyo) and Panasonic Corp. (Osaka, Japan) announced that they have started demonstration work on pure hydrogen fuel cell generators that use byproduct hydrogen generated in Tokuyama's Tokuyama Factory in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The demonstration period is scheduled…
TotalEnergies and Air Liquide (both Paris) are joining forces to decarbonize hydrogen production at TotalEnergies’ Normandy platform in France. This project will enable in time for the supply to TotalEnergies by Air Liquide of low-carbon hydrogen by relying on Air…
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.), through its Chevron New Energies division, and a subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Houston) announced a framework to study and evaluate opportunities for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) from their…
India’s first carbon capture plant for a blast furnace has been successfully designed and commissioned for Tata Steel (Mumbai) by Carbon Clean (London), a leader in cost-effective carbon dioxide capture and separation technology. Carbon Clean’s technology is being demonstrated at…
Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) has signed an agreement with Florence Copper Inc., a subsidiary of Taseko Mines Limited, to supply copper solvent extraction and electrowinning technology for a plant to be built in Arizona. The order exceeding EUR 20…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM; Chicago) announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore U.S.-based production of lactic acid to meet growing demand for a wide variety of plant-based products, including…
Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.), a leading provider of turnkey solutions for green hydrogen, announced its expanding operations with a European headquarters in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The announcement was formally made during a meeting between Andy Marsh, Plug Power CEO,…
Here are recently published books with relevance to the chemical process industries (CPI). September 2021. Engineering of Power Plant and Industrial Cooling Water Systems. By Charles F. Bowman and Seth N. Bowman, CRC Press, 2021, 174 pages, $71.96. 2021 Guide…
PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Orlando, Fla.) announced a signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mitsui & Co., Inc. (Tokyo) as a first step to developing and operating a recycling facility in Japan to transform polypropylene (PP) waste into Ultra-Pure Recycled Polypropylene (UPRP).…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) related to the production of Eco-friendly Biodegradable Materials and business cooperation with TK Chemical, a subsidiary of the Samla Midas (SM) Group. The MOU specifically…