Europe's largest plant for the production of blue hydrogen is to be built in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Air Products has now announced its plans.

Covestro has collaborated with Rondo Energy to install an innovative heat battery at Covestro’s Brunsbüttel site in Germany. The heat battery has the capacity to generate heat and steam for industrial production. By installing it, the battery aims to generate ten percent of the steam needed at the Covestro site with renewable energy.

With an aim to manufacture advanced and energy efficient Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cells for clean hydrogen production, Topsoe will be setting up a factory in Virginia, USA. The move follows the company receiving nearly 136 million dollars in federal Section 48C tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act.

OQ Chemicals has secured the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Plus for its production site at Bay City in Texas, USA. The certification will help the firm to offer a sustainable alternative to its fossil-based portfolio.

Under binding agreements signed between Siegfried and Curia Global, Siegfried will acquire a CDMO specialized in early-phase development and manufacturing services in Grafton, Wisconsin. The new CDMO site is expected to strengthen Siegfried’s customer offering for Drug Substances.

Transform Materials has partnered with Johnson Matthey to develop a solution that emits fewer carbon emissions when compared to traditional coal-based processes to produce vinyl chloride monomer for PVC production.

With the aim of jointly exploring the development of large-scale hydrogen supply chains, Acme and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies have inked a Memorandum of Understanding that aims to leverage Oman's renewable resources.

Nouryon has recently announced that it has obtained the ISCC Plus certification for green ethylene oxide, ethanolamines, and ethylene amines. This certification will enable the company to produce more sustainable surfactants.

The Finnish research institutes VTT and GTK together with industrial partner organizations are launching the pioneering research project Hydrogen Underground (HUG) focused on underground storage of hydrogen. This initiative represents the first public hydrogen storage endeavor of this scale in the country.

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