This episode of the CE Podcast features Honeywell UOP Chief Technology Officer Gavin Towler discussing the current state of key energy-transition technologies. Towler talks with Chemical Engineering magazine senior editor Scott Jenkins about hydrogen generation and storage, carbon capture and…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has acquired HydroThane Holding BV, an engineering company specialized in biological technologies for the treatment of industrial wastewater streams. The biogas produced through this technology can be further valorized after biochemical and chemical desulfurization process, part of…
Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany) announced the acquisition of German biotech start-up Targenomix. The spin-off of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology (MPI MPP) uses novel systems biology and computational life science tools to identify new modes of action…
Solvay S.A. ( Brussels, Belgium) announces plans to resume the construction of its soda ash capacity expansion in Green River, Wyoming, extending its position as a global leader. The expansion will raise the sites capacity to 600,000 metric tons per…
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Amogy Inc. and Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA), a decarbonization-focused subsidiary of leading global ammonia producer, Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway)have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), under which Yara will consider Amogy’s ammonia-to-power system as a zero-emissions solution for use…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, U.K.) has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) scope for Gen2 Energy’s green hydrogen production facility, located in Mosjøen in northern Norway. Gen2 Energy is a Norwegian company dedicated to developing, building, owning and operating an…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited (CSPC), a 50:50 joint venture incorporated by CNOOC Petrochemicals Investment Co., Ltd. and Shell Nanhai B.V., has selected LyondellBasell’s Spherizone process technology. The Spherizone process technology will be…
Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) announced planned investments of up to $540 million to expand and modernize two bromine facilities in Magnolia, Arkansas, designed to meet growing demand for fire safety and specialty products in several industries, including technology, safety, transportation,…
BASF Stationary Energy Storage GmbH (BSES), a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany), and G-Philos, Korea’s leader in power-to-gas (P2G) technology, signed a sales and marketing agreement for NAS batteries (sodium-sulfur stationary batteries) for P2G projects, power grid…