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Plastic Energy commissions chemical-recycling pilot plant

Plastic Energy Ltd. (London) has commissioned a new pilot plant in its research & development labs in Loughborough University Science & Enterprise Park (LUSEP) in the UK. The new state of the art pilot plant will be used to further…

Ovako inaugurates hydrogen plant at steel mill in Sweden

Ovako, a leading European manufacturer of steel and one of the largest steel recyclers in the Nordic countries, is inaugurating the hydrogen plant at its Hofors mill. The inauguration marks a significant milestone in the effort towards a more sustainable steel…

Yokogawa and Phytochem Products to collaborate on recovery technology for bio-based ingredients

Yokogawa Solution Service Corp. and Phytochem Products Inc. announced the signing of an agreement whereby the two companies will collaborate in the development of a technology for the extraction of functional ingredients and biofuels from byproducts that have been discarded…

Technip Energies and Versalis to combine their advanced plastics-recycling technologies

Technip Energies (Paris) and Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), Eni’s chemical company, have signed an agreement aimed at integrating Versalis' Hoop and Technip Energies' Pure.rOil and Pure.rGas purification technologies by developing a technological platform for the advanced chemical recycling of…

FuelCell Energy and ExxonMobil continue carbon-capture technology development project

FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.) and ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company (EMTEC) have agreed to extend their ongoing joint development agreement through March 31, 2024. The extension enables further development related to manufacturing scale-up and work towards advancing the carbonate…

AGC and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical launch study to commercialize circular carbon methanol from glass production

AGC (Tokyo) and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC; Tokyo) have agreed to begin the study regarding the production and sale of methanol made from CO2 generated from AGC’s architectural glass production, by applying the methanol production technology developed by…

Sinopec launches production at solar-powered green-hydrogen plant

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) announced that the Green Hydrogen Pilot Project constructed by the company in Kuqa City of Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has commenced operation. The official operation of the plant, which harnesses solar energy…

Mitsui, partners exploring hydrogen and ammonia supply chain in Osaka

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. , Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., IHI Corp. , and The Kansai Electric Power Co. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding a joint study to establish a hydrogen and ammonia supply chain based in the Osaka coastal…

Equinor acquires stake in U.S. Gulf Coast carbon-capture and storage project

Equinor Energy AS (Stavanger, Norway) has acquired a 25% interest in Bayou Bend CCS LLC, positioned to be one of the largest US carbon capture and storage projects located along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas. “Commercial CCS solutions are…

French consortium to repurpose ex-foundry site for green-hydrogen hub

A French consortium, composed of Lhyfe and French solar energy producer TSE, is to create a green energy hub and re-industrialize the Poitou Foundries site, with support from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region (France). A year after the site’s closure, the Commercial…