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Vision Energy and Linde Engineering to collaborate on Green Energy Terminal in the Netherlands
Vision Energy Corp. (Jersey City, N.J.) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Linde Engineering for expanding scope and further cooperation in regards to Vision Energy’s pioneering Green Energy Terminal in North Sea Port…
U.S. chemical output rose in 2022, but may fall slightly in 2023, ACC says
The chemical industry posted one of its best years in a decade and the U.S. expanded its dominant position as a leading producer of chemical products, but growth has slowed in recent months, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC;…
Metso Outotec invests in pilot plant for a hydrogen-based direct reduction process
Metso Outotec (Helsinki, Finland) will convert its existing 700 mm Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) pilot plant in Frankfurt, Germany, for hydrogen-based direct reduction of fine ore, applying the proven Planet Positive Circored technology. The pilot plant can also be used…
CropEnergies to build renewable ethyl acetate plant in Germany
CropEnergies AG (Mannheim, Germany) will build a plant for the production of renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol. Foreseen location is the Zeitz Chemical and Industrial Park, Elsteraue, Germany. The supervisory board of CropEnergies has given the green light to…
OCI breaks ground on major blue ammonia facility in Texas
OCI N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced that construction is starting on what currently will be the largest blue ammonia facility to come onstream in Texas, wholly owned by OCI N.V. This groundbreaking puts the project on track for production to…
Air Products and AES to build first mega-scale green hydrogen facility in Texas
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) and The AES Corp. (Arlington, Va.) announced plans to invest approximately $4 billion to build, own and operate a green hydrogen production facility in Wilbarger County, Texas. This mega-scale renewable power to hydrogen project includes…
Bechtel, Siemens and Topsoe to provide FEED services for HIF Matagorda eFuels Facility
E-fuels company HIF Global (Houston) announced that its subsidiary HIF USA LLC has engaged Bechtel Energy, Siemens Energy, and Topsoe to conduct the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a facility to be constructed in Matagorda County, Texas to produce…
Snam and Baker Hughes complete hydrogen-powered turbine demonstration in Italy
Snam (Milan, Italy) and Baker Hughes (Houston) successfully completed a series of tests aimed at experimenting with the use of hydrogen as a fuel to power gas turbines, at one of its natural gas compression stations in Istrana, Italy. The…
ArcelorMittal inaugurates flagship carbon capture and utilization project in Belgium
ArcelorMittal has successfully inaugurated its flagship carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project in Ghent, Belgium. The €200-million ‘Steelanol’ project is a first of its kind for the European steel industry. Utilising cutting edge carbon recycling technology developed by project partner…
Röhm agrees to acquire Sabic’s Functional Forms business
Röhm (Darmstadt, Germany) has agreed to acquire the Functional Forms business of SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), subject to customary consultation with the respective works councils and approval of the antitrust authorities. Röhm thereby adds Polycarbonate sheets and films to its…