Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), Eni's chemical company, has acquired the technology to produce enzymes for second-generation ethanol from Royal DSM N.V. (Herleen, the Netherlands). The agreement has a strategic value for Versalis as it integrates with proprietary Proesa technology,…
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has been chosen as technology provider to Ascension Clean Energy (ACE), an industrial scale low carbon hydrogen-ammonia joint venture project by Clean Hydrogen Works (CHW), Denbury Carbon Solutions and Hafnia. To deliver the 7.2 million metric…
Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden) is investing in a unique project that will allow it to use wastewater from a nearby municipal treatment plant for production operations in Stenungsund, Sweden. This will save 1.1 billion liters of fresh water per year. The project…
Metso Outotec Oy (Helsinki, Finland) is working with Rio Tinto (London, U.K.) on the development of the BioIron project for low-carbon iron making. As recently announced by Rio Tinto, process effectiveness of the novel low-carbon iron-making process has been successfully proven by small-scale…
Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) is using its advanced separation technologies to enable the world’s first commercial scale e-methanol plant, constructed by European Energy. The innovative facility in Kassø, Aabenraa, Denmark will produce 32,000 metric tonnes of carbon neutral fuels…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) will work with CuanTec Ltd., a Scottish circular economy business, to develop cutting edge separation facilities that will process shellfish waste to extract chitin, a naturally occurring, 100% compostable biopolymer with a wide range of applications…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) is set to expand its Care Chemicals facility in Daya Bay, Huizhou, China, to boost its support for pharmaceutical, personal care, home care, and industrial application customers. The CHF 80 million investment will see capacity increases…
The Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and TotalEnergies SA (Paris, France) have taken the final investment decision for the construction of a world scale petrochemical facility in Saudi Arabia. The ‘Amiral’ complex will be owned, operated, and…
Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) and Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) announced they will work together to deploy low-carbon hydrogen (LCH) solutions. The companies will offer JM’s innovative LCH technology, coupled with Honeywell’s leading carbon-capture technology to produce lower carbon…
thyssenkrupp Uhde has been selected as technology provider for a new “Blue Ammonia” plant in the United States by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui), one of the leading ammonia marketers in the world, and CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF), the…