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Eastman announces demonstration project related to closed-loop recycling in the automotive industry

Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) announced a collaboration with the United States Automotive Materials Partnership LLC (USAMP) and automotive recycler PADNOS for a concept feasibility study to demonstrate a closed-loop project to recycle automotive-industry mixed plastic waste in the automotive…

Nouryon to raise production capacity in China for expandable microspheres

Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced plans to increase production capacity of its Expancel expandable microspheres in China. The increase will result from the relocation of its production site from Suzhou to Ningbo, China, which is scheduled to be completed by…

Korean consortium developing ammonia-fueled hydrogen turbines

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Changwon, South Korea) has embarked on the development of ammonia-fueled hydrogen gas turbines. On July 19th, Doosan announced that it had signed an MoU on Research & Development of Clean Ammonia-Fueled Gas Turbines with POSCO…

Metso Outotec to divest Waste Recycling business

Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) has signed an agreement to divest its Waste Recycling business line to Ahlström Capital, a family-owned investment company. Metso Outotec announced in October 2020 its decision to divest its Recycling business which comprises of the…

Uniper joins Oman’s green hydrogen and ammonia initiative

Oman’s strategic green hydrogen project, HYPORT Duqm, has signed a cooperation agreement with energy giant Uniper SE (Düsseldorf, Germany). Under the cooperation, Uniper will be joining the project team to provide engineering services and negotiate an exclusive offtake agreement of…

Siemens to build one of Europe’s most powerful battery storage facilities

Siemens Smart Infrastructure (Zug, Switzerland) and Zukunftsenergie Nordostbayern GmbH (ZENOB) signed a letter of intent in Wunsiedel for the turnkey construction of a 100-MW battery storage facility in the German town. The plant, with a storage capacity of 200 MWh,…

TechnipFMC and partners leading feasibility study for wind-powered H2-generation plant

Portuguese energy utility EDP, TechnipFMC (Paris) and other research partners are joining forces to develop a conceptual engineering and economic feasibility study for a new offshore system for green hydrogen production from offshore wind power, called the BEHYOND project. The…

ExxonMobil joins carbon capture and storage project in Scotland

Exxon Mobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to participate in the recently announced Acorn carbon capture and storage project (CCS) in Scotland. The project plans to capture and store approximately 5-6 million tons of CO2 per…

SSE and Equinor plan to set up world-scale hydrogen-storage facility in the U.K.

SSE Thermal (Perth, Australia) and Equinor Energy AS (Stavanger, Norway) are developing plans for one of the world’s largest hydrogen storage facilities at their existing Aldbrough, U.K. site on the East Yorkshire coast. The facility could be storing low-carbon hydrogen…

Chevron and Cummins exploring strategic alliance for hydrogen opportunities

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.), through its Chevron Products Company division (Chevron), and Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.) announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore a strategic alliance to develop commercially viable business opportunities in hydrogen and other alternative…