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CAC builds biofuel plant for OMV in Schwechat, Austria

Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz (CAC; Chemnitz, Germany) has been assigned by OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) with overall responsibility for the construction of a biofuel plant. With this project CAC is realizing one of the first large-scale plants in Europe to use innovative…

Shell’s Rhineland Refinery to expand H2 electrolysis capacity tenfold, begin SAF production

Shell (The Hague, the Netherlands) has announced plans to manufacture sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in the Wesseling section of its Rhineland Refinery in Germany. To this end, the company wants to set up its first commercial Bio-PTL (Power-to-Liquid) plant. The…

Mitsubishi Power developing breakthrough ammonia-fired turbine system

Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has commenced development of a 40-megawatt (MW) class gas turbine that is fueled by 100% ammonia (NH3). The project was started in response to the increasing global focus on decarbonization.…

BP and Sabic enter collaboration for advanced plastics recycling

Bp plc (London) and SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia) have just signed a new agreement to work together to drive circular economy in the petrochemical activities at the Gelsenkirchen (Germany) chemical complex. Building on a long-established relationship between the two companies…

Enegix Energy to build $5.4 billion green hydrogen facility in Brazil

Enegix Energy (Chadstone, Australia) has unveiled the Base One green hydrogen project in cooperation with the Brazilian State Government of Ceará, representing an investment of $5.4 billion. Under the terms of the MoU, Enegix will set up the world’s largest…

Bookshelf March 2021: Recently Published Books for the CPI

The following is a list of recently published books that may be relevant for professionals in the chemical process industries (CPI) Digital Transformation for the Process Industries: A Roadmap. By Osvaldo Bascur (edited by Jim O’Rourke), CRC Press, 2021, 320…

Phillips 66 and Faradion to collaborate on development of sodium-ion batteries

Phillips 66 (Houston) and Faradion Ltd. (Sheffield, U.K.; www.faradion.co.uk), one of the U.K.-based companies behind the first demonstration of a sodium-ion powered vehicle, have launched a technical collaboration to develop lower-cost and higher-performing anode materials for sodium-ion batteries. Sodium-ion battery…

INEOS Phenol and ENGIE announce hydrogen-power pilot project in Antwerp

For the first time in Belgium, hydrogen will be used in a commercial-scale cogeneration plant designed to generate electricity and heat from natural gas. The aim of the pilot project by INEOS and ENGIE is to replace natural gas with…

Energy Efficiency through a Sustainability Lens

The topics of energy efficiency and sustainability have dominated the news agenda in recent years, with many countries setting ambitious goals. Examples include the U.K. and Scotland , which set goals to reduce CO2 emissions to be net zero by…

Agilyx and ExxonMobil establish Cyclyx JV focused on plastics recycling

Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS,and a leader in advanced recycling technology, established the joint venture (JV) Cyclyx International LLC., on January 1, 2021. ExxonMobil joined Agilyx to become a founding member of the joint…