A new Cl2 process Oxygen-depolarized cathodes (ODCs) will be used for the first time to produce chlorine on an industrial scale in a 20,000 metric ton per year (m.t./yr) electrolyzer at the Krefeld-Uerdingen chemical park in Germany. The plant…
In late March, the world’s first demonstration plant for converting sugars directly into gasoline started up at the Madison, Wisc., facilities of Virent Energy Systems, Inc. (www.virent.com). The demonstration plant — part of a joint R&D collaboration of Virent and…
Honeywells UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) has developed a process that makes a renewable, “drop-in” jet fuel from sustainable oils, including camelina, tallow, jatropha or algae. Similar to the the UOP/Eni Ecofining process for making Green Diesel fuel (CE,…
Together with E.ON AG (Düsseldorf; www.eon.com) and Hitachi Power Europe (Duisburg, Germany; www.hitachi-power.com), ThyssenKrupp VDM (Werdohl, all Germany; www.thyssenkruppvdm.com) has laboratory-developed a new material that, subject to successful testing, will represent a major step towards the construction of advanced 700°C…
Boliden AB (Stockholm, Sweden; www.boliden.com) has acquired Kemira’s sulfuric acid plant and business in Kokkola, Finland, effective as of 1st May 2010. The acquisition will enable Boliden to conduct its sulfuric-acid-manufacturing operations at Kokkola in-house, and thereby gain control over…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has acquired all shares in Edmeston AB (Gothenburg Sweden; www.edmeston.com), a company specializing in sulfuric acid production equipment and systems. The transaction is subject to completion of confirmatory due diligence, and it is expected to…
Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) and Eesti Energia (Tallinn, Estonia; www.energia.ee) agreed on building a shale oil condensation unit in Estonia. Neste Jacobs was selected to act as engineering partner for a new shale-oil condensation unit in Estonia. Neste Jacobs and…
Catalytic Distillation Technologies (CDTech; Pasadena, Tex.; www.cdtech.com) has been awarded a contract by TAIF-NK OAO for the license and basic engineering of an FCC- (fluid catalytic cracking) gasoline-treatment unit, as part of an upgrade at its refinery in Nizhnekamsk in the…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announces today that the construction of the Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) cogeneration plant at its industrial site in Bernburg, Germany, has been completed by the Tönsmeier Group and that the plant is now supplying energy for…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands;www.akzonobel.com) is to build an additional plant at its Ningbo multi-site for its Functional Chemicals business. The new €17 million project — part of a total investment of €275 million — will further expand the company’s rapidly…