Italy has witnessed the inauguration of an important project – the Modena Hydrogen Valley which will help in the development of renewable hydrogen and also support the country’s energy transition.

Acelen Renewables has selected Honeywell’s Ecofining technology for producing 20,000 barrels per day of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel from a blend of inedible seed and waste oils at its facility in Bahia, Brazil.

Arkema has entered into long-term renewable energy contracts with Tennessee Valley Authority, Entergy and 3Degrees. With this move, the company is expected to obtain approximately 40 % of the power needed to run its operations in the United States from renewable sources.

The world-scale carbon dioxide liquefaction plant will be built on-site next to Yara’s existing ammonia plant in Sluiskil, the Netherlands. The project is a key part of Yara’s clean ammonia initiative, in which 800,000 tons of CO2 will be captured, liquefied, loaded onto special ships every year and then subsequently locked away permanently below the seabed off the coast of western Norway.

Hydrogen is the solution to all promises of defossilization – but handling the light gas is surprisingly difficult due to its low density. It would be easier to store the substance in a liquid, as promised by so-called Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHCs)...

The International Chemical Investors Group has decided to takeover Evonik’s superabsorbents business. The move is in line with Evonik’s goal of divesting its Performance Materials Division.

The Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) is cooperating with Namibia in research for a hydrogen pilot plant and refueling station. With this, both the parties aim at jointly collecting scientific insights for upscaling green hydrogen technologies.

The digital twin technology replicates the physical assets of production processes or performance of a production system into a virtual system. With the adoption of this technology, industry players will be able to make use of real-time data to make informed decisions about the lifecycle of plants, processes as well as production, leading to optimized industrial operations across the chemical and petrochemical industries.

Akzonobel has added five new powder coating lines to its production plant in Bac Ninh province near Hanoi in Vietnam. Another line for producing water-based products for the consumer electronics market has also been installed at the site.

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