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NuMat Technologies and Sumitomo Chemical to collaborate on decarbonized chemical separation technologies

NuMat Technologies (Chicago, Ill.) announced a partnership with Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) to develop sustainable chemical separation technologies that can efficiently and dramatically reduce the carbon emissions and carbon footprint required to produce critical chemicals used in key sectors of the…

Agilyx and Kumho Petrochemical partner on chemical recycling project in South Korea

Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS and Kumho Petrochemical (Seoul, South Korea), a global leader in the manufacture of synthetic rubber, have announced a collaboration to explore the development and construction of a chemical recycling…

RWE to collaborate with Ukrainian utility Naftogaz on potential green hydrogen projects

NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine and German energy trading company RWE Supply & Trading GmbH have signed a memorandum of understanding. Both companies agree to explore mutually beneficial cooperation opportunities along the full value chain of green hydrogen and its derivatives…

Sumitomo Chemical to construct chemical-recycling pilot plant for acrylic-resin waste

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has decided to construct a pilot facility for chemical recycling of acrylic resin (PMMA, poly-methyl-methacrylate) at its Ehime Works in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The new facility is scheduled to begin pilot tests in…

Howard Midstream Energy, Port of Corpus Christi to convert refinery-services facility into carbon-neutral H2 production plant

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (Port of Corpus Christi) and Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC  (HEP; San Antonio, Tex.) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) stating their intention to convert Howard’s Javelina refinery services facility into the region’s…

Chevron and Itochu among investors in waste-to-hydrogen producer Raven SR

Raven SR Inc. (Pinedale Wyoming), a renewable fuels company, announced the closing of a $20 million strategic investment from Chevron U.S.A. Inc., ITOCHU Corp., Hyzon Motors Inc. and Ascent Hydrogen Fund. Raven SR plans to build modular waste-to-green hydrogen production…

Ineos and Wintershall announce carbon-storage pilot project in the Danish North Sea

INEOS Energy, Wintershall Dea and a consortium of 29 companies, research institutes and universities, have today signed an agreement to support the next phase of the Greensand pilot project to demonstrate the safe and permanent storage of CO2. The Greensand…

Proman and Global Energy partner to develop green-methanol plant in Scotland

Global Energy Group Ltd. (GEG; Aberdeen, Scotland) has entered into an agreement with integrated energy company Proman (Wollerau, Switzerland) to develop a renewable-power-to-methanol plant utilizing local sources of captured carbon dioxide to be located at the Nigg Oil Terminal in…

Linde to build green-hydrogen plant in Austria to supply semiconductor manufacturer Infineon

Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with Infineon Technologies for the on-site production and storage of high-purity green hydrogen, alongside the supply of other industrial gases. It will be the first time that green…

Ineos Styrolution and LyondellBasell join Cyclyx recycling consortium

Cyclyx International, a consortium-based feedstock management company with a mission to increase the recycling rate of plastic from 10% to 90%, has announced that LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) have joined Cyclyx as founding members. LyondellBasell…