Thyssenkrupp (Essen, Germany) intends to enter into a strategic partnership with Dii Desert Energy — an independent industry initiative and market enabler from Dubai and Munich. Dii, also known as Desertec Industrial Initiative, has been a pioneer in the MENA…
Baker Hughes (Houston) has announced an investment in Ekona Power Inc. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), a growth-stage company developing novel "turquoise" hydrogen production technology. Through its investment, Baker Hughes will enhance its broader hydrogen and natural gas decarbonization solutions portfolio, further…
Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India) and Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL; New Delhi) have inked an MoU to fast-track India's transition to cleaner and greener sources of energy by exploring sustainable aviation fuels, first- and second-generation ethanol, compressed biogas (CBG)…
This episode of the Chemical Engineering podcast features Leon De Bruyn, CEO of Lummus Technology. It has been a year since Lummus began operations as a standalone company, rather than as part of a larger firm. In the podcast, Leon…
McDermott International Inc. (Houston) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Shell Eastern Petroleum Pte Ltd (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, to collaborate on decarbonizing construction. The agreement enables McDermott and Shell to explore opportunities for…
Aduro Clean Technologies, a Canadian developer of patented water-based technologies to chemically recycle plastics and transform heavy crude and renewable oils into new-era resources and higher-value fuels, has entered into discussions with Switch Energy, a recycler and operator participating in…
Plastic Energy (London, U.K.) and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) have announced the signing of a strategic collaboration agreement in the field of advanced recycling of plastics, to increase recycling and decrease plastic waste. Plastic Energy and Axens will market and license…
Hyundai Oilbank and Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) will jointly seek to identify opportunities within blue and green hydrogen, waste plastic recycling, bio-refinery, eFuels, CCUS (carbon capture, utilization and storage) and other solutions to reduce carbon emissions. The Memorandum of…
Hydro Havrand, Norsk Hydro ASA’s (Oslo, Norway) green hydrogen company, and Shell New Energies Holding Europe B.V. have agreed to explore the potential for joint projects producing hydrogen from renewable electricity. The ambition is to use the hydrogen to help…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that it has executed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Braskem Netherlands B.V., a subsidiary of Braskem, the largest biopolymer producer in the world. The MOU is for the licensing of Braskem's green ethylene technology for…