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LanzaTech announces a new project for SAF technology platform

LanzaTech Global Inc. (Chicago, Ill.; www.lanzatech.com), the carbon recycling company transforming waste carbon into sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials, and LanzaJet, Inc., a leading sustainable fuels technology company and fuels producer, recently announced a new project with Australia’s Wagner Sustainable…

Neste expands chemical recycling logistics infrastructure at its Porvoo refinery

Neste (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) is expanding its logistics infrastructure for liquefied recycled raw materials at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland, including materials such as liquefied waste plastic and liquefied rubber tires. This lays the foundation to handling larger amounts of…

Panasonic Energy licenses GEMX platform for cathode active material in Li-ion batteries

  CAMX Power LLC (Lexington, Mass.; www.camxpower.com) and Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. (www.panosonic.com/global/energy), a Panasonic Group Company, announced today that Panasonic Energy has taken a license from CAMX to the latest GEMX® platform of cathode active material for lithium-ion batteries.…

Bookshelf September 2024: Recently published books for the CPI

The following titles are recently published books that may be relevant for professionals in the chemical process industries (CPI):    Fundamentals and Practice in Statistical Thermodynamics. By Jianzhong Wu and John Prausnitz. Wiley and Sons Publishing, 2024, 768 pages, $149.95. Rare…

Chemical producer activity improves in Q2, according to ACC’s Economic Sentiment Index

U.S. chemical manufacturers report their company’s activity level overall (for example, sales, production and output) continued to improve in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024, according to latest findings from the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Chemical Manufacturing…

2024 CEPCI updates: June (prelim.) and May (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for June 2024 (most recent available) decreased slightly compared to the previous month’s value. Since the beginning of the year, the value has been hovering around 800. The small decline…

Clariant deoxygenation catalyst selected for green ammonia project in China

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that a deoxygenation catalyst from its EnviCat Green series was selected for a major green ammonia project in China. The catalyst will be used to remove trace oxygen…

Integrals Power starts pilot plant for nanomaterials-based cathode active materials

Integrals Power (Milton Keynes, U.K.; www.integralspower.co.uk) has started production of high-performance lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) and lithium-manganese-iron-phosphate (LMFP) cathode active materials at its pioneering new U.K. pilot plant. This milestone for the U.K. battery industry will help to accelerate the development of…

2024 CEPCI updates: May (prelim.) and April (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index® (CEPCI) for May 2024 (most recent available) rose slightly compared to the previous month’s value. The final value for April 2024 was itself upwardly revised. The small uptick in the May…

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Facts At Your Fingertips: Hydrogen Production Methods and End-use Markets

Current hydrogen demand is dominated by petroleum refining and fertilizer production, and is supplied largely by fossil-fuel-based steam-methane reforming (SMR). Increasingly, however, demand for hydrogen will come from the energy transition, and will be supplied by a more diverse range…