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LHyTS hydrogen-transport project will span Rotterdam to Scotland

Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan) announced that it is participating in a hydrogen marine transportation project (LHyTS project) to export hydrogen from Scotland to Rotterdam. The LHyTS project aims to demonstrate an industrial scale international hydrogen supply chain, utilizing methyl cyclohexane…

Cepsa details recycled wastewater scheme for green-hydrogen hub

Cepsa  (Madrid, Spain) will produce green hydrogen at its San Roque Energy Park (Cádiz) by reusing recycled water from a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). To this end, the company has reached an agreement with the public company Aguas y Servicios…

LanzaTech’s SAF facility receives £25 million grant from U.K. Department for Transport Advanced Fuels Fund

Plans for the world’s first commercial-scale factory to transform waste gases into sustainable jet fuel have moved a step closer today. LanzaTech UK Ltd., a subsidiary of LanzaTech NZ (Skokie, Ill.) , has announced that its DRAGON facility project has…

Air Liquide completes hydrogen pipeline to thyssenkrupp Steel in Duisburg

As part of the H2Stahl real laboratory sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK), the industrial gases company Air Liquide (Paris) has now completed a pipeline to thyssenkrupp Steel in Duisburg. The approximately four-kilometer-long…

Sumitomo Chemical completes construction of pilot facility for acrylic-resin recycling

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has constructed a new pilot facility for chemical recycling of acrylic resin (polymethyl methacrylate or PMMA) at its Ehime Works in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Samples of chemically recycled methyl methacrylate or MMA monomer…

ArcelorMittal acquires another scrap-metal recycler in Europe

ArcelorMittal announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Polish scrap metal recycling business, Zakład Przerobu Złomu (Złomex). Transaction closing, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals is expected during the first half of 2023. Zlomex operates scrap yards in…

Hydrogen-enabled recovery of raw materials from ‘red mud’ and other metallurgical waste

Bauxite residue (red mud) is a byproduct from the smelting of aluminum. Like other waste slags from the metallurgy industry, bauxite residue is traditionally put into hazardous-waste landfills, although it contains a mixture of valuable raw materials in low concentrations.…

Eni and Snam announce joint development of Ravenna CCS project

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and Snam (Milan, Italy)signed an agreement to jointly develop and manage Phase 1 of the Ravenna Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project, through an equal joint venture. The agreement also includes the implementation of studies and…

EDP produces first green hydrogen at Brazil pilot project

EDP (Energias de Portugal) announced that it has produced its first green hydrogen at its new generation unit in São Gonçalo do Amarante, Ceará, Brazil on December 15. The development of this project is an important milestone for clean energy…

Everfuel starts up hydrogen production at Denmark’s HySynergy project

Everfuel A/S (Herning, Denmark) announced the first production of hydrogen at its HySynergy project. The initial volumes produced at Europe’s largest electrolyzer, represent a major milestone towards the commercialisation of green hydrogen as a clean source of energy for industry…