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Plug Power signs electrolyzer supply agreement for Arcadia eFuels’ flagship plant in Denmark
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) announced it has signed a 280-megawatt (MW) GenEco electrolyzer supply agreement with Arcadia eFuels (Austin, Texas) for Project ENDOR in Denmark, together with a strategic cooperation agreement covering Arcadia's future projects. The agreement follows three…
KBR technology selected by SABIC AN for world-scale ammonia plant
[KBR, Inc.](Houston, Texas) announced that SABIC Agri-Nutrients Co.(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; SABIC AN) has selected its Purifier® technology for a new grassroots ammonia plant in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology licensing, basic…
Rio Tinto and Shougang commission industrial-scale carbon capture facility for blast furnace in China
Shougang Group Co., Ltd. (Beijing, China) and Rio Tinto plc (London, England) have successfully built and commissioned an industrial-scale carbon capture trial facility for blast furnace gas at Shougang's operations in China. The facility is designed to capture carbon dioxide…
How to Improve the Performance of Existing Spray Drying Operations
For manufacturers looking to improve the performance and resource efficiency of spray drying operations, the first question does not always need to be: What new equipment do we need? Sometimes, a better question is: What more can we get from…
Elastomer couplings combine high-temperature performance with low maintenance
The Quick Flex HighTemp series is a low-maintenance coupling solution for applications operating at temperatures up to 177 °C. Quick Flex HighTemp extends the advantages of elastomeric couplings into demanding environments near industrial furnaces, superheated steam systems and steam turbines,…
Offtake agreement inked for system that produces methanol from stranded methane economically
In late August, technology developer Emvolon, a spinout company from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; Cambridge, Mass.; www.mit.edu), signed an offtake agreement with Freepoint Commodities LLC (www.freepoint.com) for methanol produced commercially via Emvolon’s technology starting in spring 2027. The…
Canada takes the stage with major energy and mineral investments
The first-ever Canada Investment Summit, held Sept. 14–15 in Toronto, along with other recent funding initiatives and global partnerships, put the spotlight on Canada’s support for innovation and competitiveness in energy, manufacturing and critical materials. The Summit convened investors from…
Testing Hydrogen Infrastructure Materials: A Practical Framework
As hydrogen infrastructure expands, existing material-qualification frameworks must keep pace with hydrogen-specific degradation risks, such as embrittlement, stress corrosion cracking, permeation and accelerated aging Hydrogen infrastructure deployment is speeding up in the chemical process industries (CPI). However, the material qualification…
Synthetic enzyme mimicry breaks open new aromatic reaction pathways
Mimicking enzyme-like behavior for synthetic chemistry is a growing field of exploration in sustainable chemical production, unlocking potential new reaction routes that eliminate waste and unwanted byproducts. A team of chemists from Penn State University (State College, Pa.; www.psu.edu) has…
Sorbent-based ammonia-production system lowers cost and allows modularity
World-scale ammonia-production plants based on the Haber-Bosch process supply the ammonia for most of today’s agricultural fertilizer industry. But building new capacity for ammonia production is economically difficult because of the high capital expenditures needed for plants large enough to…