Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has opened its next High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) laboratory in Houston, Tex. The location is key as the new facility will be the first of its kind supporting the oil & gas industry, offering new and…
Nakhodka Mineral Fertilizer Plant has chosen Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) technology for a 5,400 tons-per-day methanol plant near Vladivostok in the Eastern part of Russia. China Chengda Engineering Co., LTD, has been chosen for engineering, procurement and construction…
Climeworks AG (Zürich, Switzerland; www.climeworks.com) and Antecy B.V. (Hoevelaken, the Netherlands; www.antecy.com) share the same goal of removing climate-relevant amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere and joining forces renders this goal more achievable. The combination of their technologies will result…
In August 2019, SCS Energy (Indianapolis, Ind.; www.scsengineers.com) broke ground on construction of a 4,000-scfm landfill gas to renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Indianapolis. Indy High Btu, LLC engaged SCS Energy to build the RNG plant under an engineering,…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand in China through a Joint Venture (JV) with the Liaoning Bora Enterprise Group (Bora). “China is the largest, fastest growing market in the world…
EnergyNest (Billingstad, Norway; www.energy-nest.com) is supplying a full Thermal Battery system for an industrial decarbonization project located at Eni S.p.A.’s (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) production site located in Gela (Sicily), Italy. EnergyNest’s novel Thermal Battery solution can help cut CO2 and…
Veolia Water Technologies (www.veoliawatertech.com) will provide a chemical processing plant featuring HPD evaporation and crystallization technologies designed to convert lithium carbonate into lithium hydroxide employed in the manufacturing of batteries that power electric vehicles. Driven by their joint success in…
Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) is investing in the safety of fresh food products by building Germany’s biggest center for high-pressure processing of food in the town of Quakenbrück, Lower Saxony. Dr. Bernd Althusmann, State Minister for Economic…
Tata Chemicals Ltd. (TCL; Mumbai, India; www.tatachemicals.com) announced that it has successfully commenced the commercial recovery of cathode active materials from spent lithium-ion cells/batteries. This further strengthens TCL’s commitment to longterm sustainable practices supporting a circular economy around the company’s…
Six months after expanding to America, the largest family-run industrial gases specialist worldwide, Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com), is investing €34.6 million ($38 million) in the construction of a new air separation plant in Indianapolis, Indiana, America. The…