Torresol Energy S.A. (Madrid, Spain; www.torresolenergy.com), a joint venture (JV) between Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas (Madrid, Spain; www.sener.es) and Masdar (Abu Dhabi; www.masdaruae.com), announced today the commissioning of its flagship 19.9-MW Gemasolar concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Seville, Spain.…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Goteborg Energi AB for the GoBiGas-project, a 20-MW biomass gasification and methanation project in Goteborg, Sweden. Officials estimate the contract value at $19 million (€13.7 million). Jacobs is…
Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) and Air Liquide Arabia (www.airliquide.com) have signed a new long-term nitrogen supply agreement for Saudi Aramco’s operations in Qurayyah, in the Eastern Province. This nitrogen will be used by Saudi Aramco in the processing…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) has successfully demonstrated the use of recycled plastic to generate energy. The successful pilot test measured how plastic that has been reused and recycled to the full extent possible can be used as…
Sasol (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.com) has selected S & B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd. (Houston; www.sbec.com) as its engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) contractor to construct its recently announced ethylene Tetramerization plant at Lake Charles, La. The pioneering plant…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will invest in a dispersions plant in Durban, South Africa. The new plant will produce acrylic dispersions mainly for the coatings and construction industry. The facility will benefit from local availability of raw materials and…
Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. (Bolingbrook, Ill.; www.elevance.com) and Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, The Netherlands; www.dsm.com) recently announced their intention to collaborate in evaluating Elevance’s unique monomers for the production of specialty bio-based thermoplastic materials for DSM’s engineering plastics portfolio. Elevance…
ZeaChem Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.; www.zeachem.com) a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable biomass into sustainable fuels and chemicals, today announced it has signed a long-term binding term sheet with GreenWood Tree Farm Fund (GTFF) to supply hybrid poplar…
Composite leading indicators (CLIs) in March for industrial production continue to point to global recovery, according to the latest American Chemistry Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report, which cites data from the Organization for…
The M&G Group (Tortona, Italy; www.gruppomg.com), a major producer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), has announced that it will build a next-generation-technology PET plant in the U.S., co-located and fully integrated with a new PTA (purified terephthalic acid) plant at the…