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Neste strengthens renewable-material sourcing with U.S. acquisition

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) has agreed to acquire 100% of Mahoney Environmental (Mahoney), a collector and recycler of used cooking oil in the United States, and its affiliated entities. The transaction is subject to the fulfillment of customary closing…

UOP to supply four pressure-swing adsorption units to Zhejiang Petrochemical Co.

Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced that Zhejiang Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC) will use four Honeywell UOP Polybed pressure-swing adsorption (PSA) units to supply high-purity hydrogen for the second phase of an integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. The…

DSM, Sabic and UPM Biofuels collaborate to create bio-based high-performance fibers

Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com), SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) and UPM Biofuels (Helsinki, Finland; www.upmbiofuels.com) announced a partnership that will help to reduce the environmental footprint of Dyneema, the world’s strongest fiber. The collaboration will see Dyneema…

Veolia to expand crystallization capacity for potash fertilizer plant in Jordan

Veolia Water Technologies (www.veoliawatertech.com) will provide a processing plant integrating HPD crystallization systems designed to extract high-quality potash fertilizer from the brines of the Dead Sea. Population growth, rising incomes and the need for increased fresh food production are expanding…

Preem selects Topsoe technology for renewable-fuels plant

Preem (Stockholm, Sweden; www.preem.se) has chosen Haldor Topsoe A/S’s (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) HydroFlex renewable-fuel technology to produce clean renewable diesel and jet fuel at its Gothenburg refinery in Sweden. The 16,000 barrels-per-day (bbl/d) unit will have a yearly production capacity…

Total to build the largest battery-based energy storage project in France

The development of renewable energy that is intermittent and decentralized requires the security of the electricity grid through flexible electricity storage capacities, especially in the form of batteries. Total S.A. (Paris France; www.total.com) has launched a battery-based energy storage project…

Osaki CoolGen implements Honeywell technology to remove CO2 in coal-gasification process

Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced that OSAKI CoolGen Corporation has implemented UOP SeparAL technology to remove carbon dioxide during coal-gasification processing at its facility in Hiroshima, Japan. The technology significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power generation, enabling OSAKI CoolGen…

SaltX makes progress on energy-storage pilot plant in China

SaltX Technology AB (Hägersten, Sweden; www.saltxtechnology.com) announced that its partner in China, Shuangliang Boiler Co. LTD (Shuangliang), has moved into the next phase of its pilot plant project. As part of the development work, design parameters have been set and a…

Ontario plant to expand production of malic acid

Bartek Ingredients Inc. (Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada; www.bartek.ca) is announcing a 10,000-metric ton (m.t.) malic acid capacity expansion, to be completed in Q1 2021.  This expansion closely follows the previously announced 4,000-m.t. malic acid expansion completed in 2019, as well…

Yara to sell billion-dollar stake in QAFCO joint venture

Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) has signed a Share Purchase Agreement with Qatar Petroleum (QP) to sell its 25% share in Qatar Fertiliser Company (QAFCO) for $1 billion. The transaction will mark the conclusion of a long-standing and highly…