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PEM partnerships advance Heraeus Precious Metals’ electrolyzer efforts

Heraeus Precious Metals has recently entered two partnerships aimed at advancing green hydrogen production via proton-exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis. Mattiq In collaboration with Mattiq (Skokie, Ill.), Heraeus Precious Metals is working to develop and commercialize advanced electrocatalyst materials for green…

Lhyfe to construct 5-MW green-hydrogen plant in northern France

Lhyfe (Paris, France) has announced plans to build its first green-hydrogen plant in northern France. The new production site under construction by the company is in Croixrault, in the Somme region of Hauts-de-France. Thanks to its strategic location and Lhyfe’s…

Quest One and MAN Energy Solutions building large-scale electrolysis demonstration plant

Electrolysis specialist Quest One, a subsidiary of MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES), has started construction of a demonstration plant for its Modular Hydrogen Platform (MHP) PEM electrolyzer in Augsburg, Germany. The electrolyzer will be installed in a test stand at…

Arkema in collaboration with Japanese startup firm to develop gas-separation membranes for carbon capture

Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) and OOYOO Ltd., a Japanese start-up, signed a partnership agreement to develop high-performance gas-separation membrane technology for carbon capture. Arkema will leverage its expertise and its leading innovation in high performance polymers, while OOYOO will develop membrane…

LyondellBasell secures renewable energy to power production plants in Germany and Italy

LyondellBasell (LYB; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced the signing of two significant power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Europe, further supporting its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The PPAs offer LYB long-term price certainty, which helps stabilize energy costs and make…

Novel SAF production technology demonstrated in North Carolina

E-fuels company Lydian (Cambridge, Mass.) announced the successful pilot demonstration of its technology for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for commercial and defense applications. The pilot plant, which can produce up to 25 gallons of fuel per day, is located…

Syzygy Plasmonics and Lotte Chemical complete trial of world’s largest electric ammonia-cracking system

Syzygy Plasmonics (Houston) and Lotte Chemical (Seoul, South Korea) have commissioned and completed performance testing of the world's largest all-electric ammonia cracking system in Ulsan, South Korea with logistical support from Sumitomo Corp. of Americas (SCOA) and Sumitomo Corp. Korea.…

ACWA Power and Snam to collaborate on European green-hydrogen supply chain

ACWA Power (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Snam S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) to explore collaboration and joint investments to establish a supply chain of green hydrogen to Europe. Snam, a leading European operator…

BASF’s Performance Materials plants in Europe are now entirely run on renewable electricity

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that its Performance Materials division completely switched all its European sites to renewable electricity. "As BASF, we want to enable our customers green transformation, and we believe it starts with us. This is our ambition…

Ren-Gas selects MAN Energy Solutions’ methanation technology for its Tampere e-methane plant

MAN Energy Solutions (Augsburg, Germany) will deliver 50 MW methanation reactor for the Ren-Gas Tampere e-methane plant in Finland.  The equipment delivery will consist of catalytic methanation reactor designed and manufactured at MAN Energy Solutions Deggendorf, Germany. Ren-Gas, the leading…