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TESCanada announces new green-hydrogen project in Quebec

TESCanada H2 Inc. (Montreal, Queb., Canada), a Canadian developer of projects aimed at accelerating the energy transitio has announced the new green-hydrogen initative Projet Mauricie. Totaling $4 billion in investments for the region, the Projet Mauricie consists of the construction…

AGC demonstrates recycling of used solar-panel glass

AGC, Inc. (Tokyo) has announced that it has succeeded for the first time in Japan in a demonstration test to recycle about 24 tons of used solar panel cover glass into raw material cullet (pieces of broken glass). The test…

Sparkplug 3.0 specification published as international standard, Eclipse Foundation says

The Eclipse Foundation (Brussels, Belgium; www.eclipse.org) one of the world’s largest open source software foundations, in collaboration with the Eclipse Sparkplug Working Group (sparkplug.eclipse.org) recently announced that the Sparkplug® 3.0 specification has been published as an International Standard. This publication is the…

Yara to divest Ivory Coast fertilizer business

Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) has announced the divestment of its fertilizer import and distribution subsidiary in Ivory Coast. Recognizing the ever-evolving challenges in the global food industry, Yara has undertaken a thorough analysis of its operations, considering market dynamics,…

Sulzer supplying mass-transfer technology for CO2-capture plant in Austria

Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland)  announced that its mass transfer technologies are being leveraged by Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) , the world's largest privately owned industrial gas specialist, in collaboration with a manufacturer of inorganic chemicals to enable innovative…

Lummus and Citroniq announce licensing and engineering agreements for green polypropylene plants

Lummus Technology (Houston) and Citroniq Chemicals announced that the two companies have signed licensing and engineering agreements for green polypropylene plants in the U.S. The first plant, scheduled for completion in 2027, will produce 400,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr)…

Petrobras announces biorefining breakthrough at Riograndense Petroleum Refinery

Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has announced that the Riograndense Petroleum Refinery (RPR) has successfully processed 100% soybean oil in a Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Unit at the Refinery. This milestone was made possible through innovative technology developed by the…

Transform Materials and Denka announce agreement for low-carbon acetylene supply

Industrial electrification is driving major value creation opportunities for industrial companies across the value chain. Transform Materials, a sustainable chemical company that uses microwave plasma technology to convert hydrocarbons and natural gas into acetylene and hydrogen, has made significant progress…

IOCL selects LyondellBasell technology for new HDPE plant

LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) has selected LyondellBasell’s Hostalen “Advanced Cascade Process” (Hostalen ACP) technology for a new 200,000-ton/year high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant. The new facility will be built in Panipat, India. “This…

JIOS Aerogel opens new manufacturing plant in Singapore

JIOS Aerogel (JIOS; Singapore) announced the opening of its advanced manufacturing plant in Pioneer, Singapore, in a ceremony attended by investors, suppliers and partners. The establishment of this facility represents a pivotal component of JIOS’ ongoing investment strategy, which is…