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Liquid Wind signs MOU to develop new eFuels facility in Finland

Liquid Wind AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto Oy (TSE) announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of an eFuel facility in Naantali, Finland.  The MoU indicates the launch of a close cooperation and is…

Verdagy to provide electrolyzers for Petron Scientech biorefinery

Verdagy (Moss Landing, Calif.) announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Petron Scientech, a company with over thirty-five years of experience in renewable sustainable chemical process technologies. Petron will use over 320 MW of Verdagy's eDynamic electrolyzers to…

Carbon-cloth electrodes bring new possibilities to seawater desalination

Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of turning seawater into safe drinking water. A study describing the new technology has been published in Nature Water by…

Johnson Matthey technology selected for major e-methanol project in Spain

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) announced that its e-methanol technology has been selected by Reolum for the next phase of its La Robla Nueva Energia (NE) project. Located in the Spanish region of Castilla y León, it will be one…

Levidian, Baker Hughes and ADNOC start up novel CO2-to-graphene technology in Abu Dhabi

Levidian  Nanosystems Ltd. (Cambriudge, U.K.) announced the successful installation of its patented LOOP technology at ADNOC Gas’ Habshan Gas Processing Plant in Abu Dhabi.   Working in collaboration with energy technology company Baker Hughes, the installation is a world-first deployment of…

Black & Veatch selected by AWWA to develop guidance for PFAS pilot testing

Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.) has been selected by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) to develop nationwide guidance for pilot testing treatment for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals.” The resulting PFAS Piloting Guidance…

Maire awarded a contract for a hydrogen production unit in Pengerang biorefinery

MAIRE S.p.A. (Milan) announced that KT -Kinetics Technology supported by the technological know-how of NEXTCHEM, has been awarded by Pengerang Biorefinery Sdn. Bhd (a Joint Venture comprising PETRONAS Mobility Lestari Sdn. Bhd., Enilive S.p.A., and Euglena Co., Ltd.), licensing, as…

CE Podcast: Global Impact Coalition CEO Charlie Tan

On this episode of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, senior editor Scott Jenkins talks with Charlie Tan, CEO of the Global Impact Coalition, a collaboration among leading global chemical companies to advance progress toward a net-zero-emissions chemicals industry.  Among the topics…

Bayer acquires biofuel feedstock assets from Canadian firm

Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany) announced a deal with Canada-based Smart Earth Camelina Corp., whereby Bayer has acquired their camelina germplasm, intellectual property, and materials to expand its global leadership position in biomass-based feedstock markets. This acquisition underlines Bayer’s goal to…

Axens tapped for 3 new global licenses for SAF and renewable diesel production

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced that leading energy players Galp, a major Portuguese multinational energy corporation, LOKEN, a Malaysian energy player developing one of the first renewable complex in South-East Asia, as well as SAFCO Venture Holdings Limited (SAFCO Ventures), have…