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Enel and Eni plan green-H2 pilot projects at two refineries

 Enel Spa (Rome, Italy) and Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) are working together to develop green hydrogen projects. The two partners are planning to produce green hydrogen through electrolyzers powered by renewable energy. The electrolyzers will be located near two of…

Toshiba, ANA, Toyo and Idemitsu Kosan partner on power-to-chemicals strategy

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp., Toshiba Corp., Toyo Engineering Corp., Idemitsu Kosan Co., All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) and Japan CCS Co. have reached an agreement to begin reviewing recycling business models for reuse of CO2 from sources such…

Aker Carbon Capture and MAN Energy Solutions to cooperate on carbon-capture technology development

Aker Carbon Capture (Lysaker, Norway) and MAN Energy Solutions (Augsburg, Germany) have signed a technology-cooperation agreement to develop energy-efficient compression solutions for carbon capture and storage (CCS) applications with heat recovery. The agreement supports the companies’ joint target to reduce…

LyondellBasell PP technology selected by Kaijin Blue Sky Energy

LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Kaijin Blue Sky Energy (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd., has selected LyondellBasell’s leading polypropylene (PP) technology for a new world-scale facility. The facility will include a 600,000-ton/yr polypropylene plant using LyondellBasell’s Spheripol technology as well as…

Elkem completes specialized silicones facility in Shanghai

Elkem (Oslo, Norway) has completed and opened a new production workshop in Shanghai, China, dedicated to the development and manufacturing of specialized silicones for hybrid and electric vehicles. This move further strengthens Elkem’s position as the largest silicones producer in…

Lanxess expands production capacity for iron-oxide pigments

Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) has expanded its capacity for black synthetic iron-oxide pigments at its Krefeld-Uerdingen site by more than 5,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). “The increased demand from the construction industry, in particular for our unique black pigments…

Suez finalizes sale of Recycling & Recovery operations in Sweden

SUEZ (Paris, France) announced it has completed the sale of its Recycling & Recovery operations in Sweden to PreZero, the environmental division of Schwarz Group, in accordance with the announcement of September 21, 2020. The transaction enables a solid future…

Axens and Arcanum start up 1-butene plant in Texas

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced that Arcanum Infrastructure, LLC and Axens NA Inc. successful began ongoing operations and production of 1-Butene at Raven 1-Butene, LLC, which is an asset based on Axens AlphaButol technology located in Baytown, Texas. “We are excited…

Indorama Ventures expands PET recycling facilities in France and Poland

10 billion post-consumer PET plastic bottles from across Europe will be recycled per year by 2023 in Indorama Ventures Ltd.’s (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) new and expanded facilities in France and Poland. IVL is investing $1.5 billion globally to expand its…

Lonza invests to expand manufacturing capabilities at Oregon site

Lonza AG (Basel, Switzlerand) has announced a significant investment to expand its particle engineering and drug product capabilities to meet increased market demand at its Bend, Oregon site. New suites for the development and clinical manufacture of drug product intermediates…