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Chevron and Bunge plan JV for renewable-feedstock production
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.), and Bunge North America, Inc., a subsidiary of Bunge Ltd. (St. Louis, Mo.), announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) of a proposed 50/50 joint venture to help meet the demand…
Siemens Gamesa launches world’s first recyclable wind-turbine blades
Siemens Gamesa announced the launch of RecyclableBlade, the world’s first recyclable wind turbine blades ready for commercial use offshore. With this technology, separation of the materials in the blade is possible at the end of its lifetime, enabling recycling into…
Wison Engineering awarded EPCC contract for new hydrogen plant in Thailand
Wison Engineering (Shanghai, China) announced that it was awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) for a new hydrogen manufacturing unit (HMU-2) by IRPC Public Co. Ltd. The new HMU-2 project is part of the Ultra…
Hydrogen Utopia and Linde to deploy waste-to-hydrogen technology in Poland
Hydrogen Utopia International PLC (HUI) is pleased to announce that Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) has finalized technical feasibility evaluation to deploy the syngas cleanup and hydrogen extraction of Powerhouse Energy DMG technology in Poland. Now HUI and Linde are in…
Siemens Energy and Toray enter partnership to develop PEM electrolyzer technologies
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) and Siemens Energy K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany), were adopted by the Green Hydrogen Project under the Green Innovation Funding Program organized by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and…
Uniper and Port of Rotterdam enter MOU to develop green hydrogen project
Uniper SE (Düsseldorf, Germany) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have entered into an agreement for developing the production of green hydrogen at the Uniper location on Maasvlakte. These plans build on the findings of a recent feasibility study and…
Johnson Matthey and NextChem team up to develop waste-to-methanol technology
MyRechemical, NextChem’s subsidiary dedicated to waste-to-chemical technologies, and Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London), a global leader in sustainable technologies, will jointly cooperate to commercially develop "waste-to-methanol" technology worldwide. This waste-to-methanol technology has its roots in the chemical conversion of non-recyclable…
Kemira to build third alkenyl succinic anhydride production line in China
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced a significant investment in the production of alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agent (ASA) in China. ASA is one of the most effective and cost-efficient sizing agents for improving water-resistance in paper and packaging board. This…
LG Chem and Danusk to establish joint bio-oil plant
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) will partner with biodiesel company Dansuk Industrial to establish a joint plant, in order to secure bio-materials required for the production of eco-friendly products. LG Chem announced that it had signed a Heads of…
Huntsman increases polyurethane catalyst and specialty amine capacity in Hungary
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced that its Performance Products division plans to further expand its manufacturing facility in Petfurdo, Hungary, to meet the growing demand for polyurethane catalysts and specialty amines. The multi-million USD investment project is anticipated to…