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KBR and Tractebel to help Engie deliver Australia’s first industrial scale green hydrogen project

KBR’s (Houston) Infrastructure Solutions business is growing its presence in the Australian renewable hydrogen market. KBR, with Tractebel, have recently been appointed as the Owners Engineer for the YURI Project – a new renewable hydrogen energy facility in the Pilbara,…

Ascend Performance Materials acquires majority stake in recycling firm Circular Polymers

Ascend Performance Materials (Houston) has purchased a majority stake in California-based Circular Polymers, a recycler of post-consumer, high-performance polymers including polyamide 6 and 66, polypropylene and polyester (PET). The deal provides Ascend with a consistent supply of high-quality PCR materials…

BP and Mauritania to explore green hydrogen at scale

Bp plc (London) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Mauritania under which it will deliver an innovative programme exploring the potential for large-scale production of green hydrogen in the country. Building on bp’s existing strong relationships…

Stora Enso launches bioplastics pilot plant in Belgium

Stora Enso Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced the launch of a new bioplastics pilot plant in the Flanders region in Belgium, which will enable a new bioplastics production technology, ready for implementation at industrial scale. In the decades to come, bio-based…

Babcock & Wilcox to study application of CO₂-capture technology for CONSOL decarbonization project

Babcock & Wilcox (B&W; Akron, Ohio) announced that its B&W Environmental segment has been awarded a contract to study the application of B&W’s SolveBright solvent-based carbon dioxide (CO2) capture solution for CONSOL Energy’s advanced coal and biomass-based 21st Century Power…

Bloom Energy inaugurates electrolyzer production line in Delaware

Bloom Energy Corp. (San Jose, Calif.) inaugurated its high-volume commercial electrolyzer production line at the company’s Newark, Del. facility, increasing the company’s generating capacity of electrolyzers to two gigawatts. The award-winning technology is the most energy-efficient design to produce clean…

KBR launches large-scale clean ammonia platform

KBR Inc. (Houston) today the launch of its mega 10,000-ton/d blue and green ammonia offering to help meet the growing global sustainable energy and fertilizer demands of today and the future. The new offering leverages KBR’s proven leadership in capacity…

Wood and OMV enter partnership to license chemical-recycling technology

OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) and Wood plc (Aberdeen, U.K.) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enter into a mutually exclusive collaboration agreement for the commercial licensing of OMV’s proprietary ReOil technology. The two companies aim to agree on a…

Itochu and Neste undertaking SAF-blending project in Japan

Itochu Corp. (Tokyo) has been selected for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) demonstration project by the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). The aim of the project is to demonstrate the blending of imported…

JGC begins development work on carbon-capture technology using LNG cold energy

JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan) announced that domestic EPC operating company JGC Japan Corporation (JGC Japan) has started technical development on carbon dioxide (CO2) capture applying unused cold energy from liquefied natural gas (LNG). These efforts support development and demonstration in…