According to statistics from the World Bank, thousands of tons of valuable minerals are imported to Germany from Chile every year, including raw materials for lithium-ion batteries. But their extraction causes ecological and social problems. “The use of the limited…
Higher-volume production of battery-powered vehicles is driving the development of high-performance polymers with improved properties to meet the needs of electric propulsion The market for battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) has grown rapidly over the past five years. According to a…
Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) has announced the launch of SUISO, a technological solution for the production of green hydrogen, confirming its commitment to support its clients in the energy transition. The trademark has been registered with the European…
TotalEnergies (Paris), through Lampiris, its energy supply affiliate in Belgium, signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement with Air Liquide (Paris). TotalEnergies will supply 50 GWh per year of renewable electricity over a period of 15 years. Air Liquide will use…
INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) announced the signing of its collaboration with GER, a world-leading waste recycling enterprise based in China’s Jiangxi province, to produce high quality virgin-like Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) grades with up to 70% recycled content at commercial…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining of Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the decarbonization process to tackle climate change through new industrial models of fully-integrated circular economy along the whole bio-fuel…
Haldor Topsoe (Lyngby, Denmark) has announced that its SynCOR technology has been selected by Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) to capture of over 95 percent of CO2 emissions from the production of blue hydrogen from natural gas for the recently announced Air…
bp and Johnson Matthey plc (Both London, U.K.) are partnering with Cardiff University and The University of Manchester in a £9-million project that aims to convert CO2, waste and sustainable biomass into clean and sustainable fuels and products. A partnership featuring two leading…
ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg) and Sekisui Chemical Co. (Osaka, Japan) announced that they are partnering on a project to capture and re-use carbon waste gases from the steelmaking process, which holds the potential to reduce dependence on fossil resources and contribute to…
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Changwon, South Korea) has embarked on the development of ammonia-fueled hydrogen gas turbines. On July 19th, Doosan announced that it had signed an MoU on Research & Development of Clean Ammonia-Fueled Gas Turbines with POSCO…